MA - MIT physicist Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, Fatally Shot at Home, Dec 15 2025, Brookline MA

[LadyL]

local news says he was a father - i haven’t read a lot more about his personal life in msm so far

MIT professor fatally shot on Gibbs Street - Brookline.News

Police initially responded to shots fired on Gibbs Street between 8 and 9 p.m. A man later identified as Nuno Loureiro was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died overnight.

brookline.news

Loureiro was a parent in the Public Schools of Brookline, according to superintendent Bella Wong, who sent an email to families in the district on Tuesday afternoon.

about halfway through the video in the article, it shows a man turning the corner and walking down the street
is that the suspect or a cop?

 

[dotr]

Verifying Device

December 18 2025 rbbm
''THE killing of a famous MIT professor who was shot multiple times at his apartment building could be a hit job by the Iranians, it is feared.''

"Israeli officials are now investigating intelligence from recent days that suggests an Iranian connection to the murder of Prof. Nuno Loureiro.

This is an assessment that has not yet been verified and is not supported at this stage by official findings from the investigative authorities in the US.

Suspicions were also raised because of Loureiro’s pro-Israel stance and nuclear-adjacent fusion expertise amid tensions with Iran.''

 

[Inthedetails]

The thing about “killing to suppress research” is that there is little one scientist can discover that other scientists wouldn’t be able to duplicate. Unlike what we see in fiction with “lost formulas”, good researchers document their work meticulously and it would be easy to tell where they stopped.

If the attack was related to his work, I’d look at grad students or colleagues who felt aggrieved (right or wrongly) that he’d not given them credit.

Just this summer, 2025, someone shot at the CDC in Georgia, based on hatred for science and scientists in the medical field. Yes, it is a possibility that this murder was based on the victim's work, especially in this current era of mocking, undermining, and defunding scientists in the USA.

We don't know if that happened in this case, but it's not an absurd theory in these absurd times.

We will eventually find out what the motive was. It could be random violence, personal, or some other reason.

jmopinion