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

[CLGM]

MIT professor shot, killed at his home in Boston suburbs: Officials

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been shot and killed at his home, authorities said.

abcnews.go.com

 

[CLGM]

No suspect is yet in custody.

Authorities say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at home

MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, died at a local hospital on Tuesday morning after the Monday night shooting in Brookline, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

www.wbur.org

 

[dotr]

Nuno Loureiro, professor and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, dies at 47

Nuno Loureiro, an MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics, has died at 47. A theoretical physicist and fusion scientist, and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Loureiro studied complex problems at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of...

news.mit.edu

''Nuno Loureiro, a professor of nuclear science and engineering and of physics at MIT, has died. He was 47.

A lauded theoretical physicist and fusion scientist, and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Loureiro joined MIT’s faculty in 2016. His research addressed complex problems lurking at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe.''

''Loureiro’s research earned him many prominent awards throughout his prolific career, including the National Science Foundation Career Award and the American Physical Society Thomas H. Stix Award for Outstanding Early Career Contributions to Plasma Physics Research. He was also an APS fellow. Earlier this year, he earned the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.''

 

[Inthedetails]

Very upsetting. While any motive is awful to consider, I am hoping it is a personal matter. It's been an absolutely awful year for science and scientists in USA and I'm hoping this wasn't targeted at him because of his work.

jmopinion

 

[detective.moon]

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.

 

[waldojabba]

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MIT nuclear science professor shot, killed in Brookline home

Nuno F.G. Loureiro was director of the school’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center as well as a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics.

www.bostonherald.com

This is a very safe area. A condo in this building went for 1.4m in 2018 2175sf 3 bd/2 bath. I have no idea which unit he and his family occupied or whetherr they rented or owned or what. Boston metro is expensive.

9 Gibbs St Brookline Ma
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9-Gibbs-St-1_Brookline_MA_02446_M33599-79992

I am wondering about access to the building. It's a multi family condo/apt building. I don't see a buzzer system outside the door on the exterior so I am thinking there is another interior door before entry with the email boxes and a buzzer system.
Did someone ring up the victims unit,a person known or unknown and the victim, he then either buzzed them in and went to meet them, or he went out of his unit to greet them, or find out who they were. And bingo. Maybe he left his door open in his unit and that was his baby crying. I don't know.
Whoever was the shooter was was not concerned with noise as many heard the gun shot - so no silencer.

I have not read anything anywhere about camera's. The time of the shooting seems odd - 830 ish at nght and at his house. Dense neighborhood. I would think easier in a parking lot somewhere or a more isolated less populated area.

Kind of just thinking out loud on paper. Seems more like a disgruntled spur of the moment liquid courage moment type killer vs a hit.

The holidays really seem to unnerve people

JMO

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Here’s an odd one:

Physicist and Fusion Scientist Nuno Loureiro, originally from Portugal, was shot in his home Monday night, and passed Tuesday morning. A homicide investigation is ongoing.

He was the Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, as well as a current MIT faculty member in the departments of Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics.

Investigators search for shooter in killing of MIT professor

Homicide investigators are searching for the person responsible for the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his home in Brookline.

www.wcvb.com

““It’s not hyperbole to say MIT is where you go to find solutions to humanity’s biggest problems,” Loureiro said when he was named to lead the plasma science lab last year. “Fusion energy will change the course of human history.””

 

[Snoopster]

From these 2 comments in the same article, it's not clear exactly where Nuno was shot. Is it possible that it was in the 'lobby' of the building? or was it just inside the entrance of his specific apartment?

Neighbors in the Boston-area community where MIT professor Nuno Louriero was shot to death inside his apartment building earlier this week said they were stunned by the mysterious killing.

Loureiro was gunned down at the entrance to his Brookline apartment on Monday night, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement. He was subsequently transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead Tuesday morning.

WHMI 93.5 FM Radio Station — Livingston County Michigan

ETA: added bolding for focus

 

[kuromiiiilove]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/us/nuno-loureiro-mit-professor-shot

“The homicide investigation in Brookline comes as police in Providence, Rhode Island, about 50 miles away, continue to search for the gunman who killed two students and injured nine others at Brown University on Saturday. The FBI on Tuesday said it knew of no connection between the crimes.

A 22-year-old student at Boston University who lives near Loureiro’s apartment in Brookline told The Boston Globe she heard three loud noises Monday evening and feared it was gunfire. “I had never heard anything so loud, so I assumed they were gunshots,” Liv Schachner was quoted as saying. “It’s difficult to grasp. It just seems like it keeps happening.””

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Authorities say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at home

Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at his home. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office says...

www.ktvb.com

Police currently have no suspect in Nuno’s killing.

 

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[kuromiiiilove]

There is a thread on this crime in In the News MA - Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, Fatally Shot at Home, Dec 15 2025, Brookline MA

Thanks, will alert mods!

 

[Snoopster]

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MIT nuclear science professor shot, killed in Brookline home

Nuno F.G. Loureiro was director of the school’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center as well as a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics.

www.bostonherald.com

This is a very safe area. A condo in this building went for 1.4m in 2018 2175sf 3 bd/2 bath. I have no idea which unit he and his family occupied or whetherr they rented or owned or what. Boston metro is expensive.

9 Gibbs St Brookline Ma
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/9-Gibbs-St-1_Brookline_MA_02446_M33599-79992

I am wondering about access to the building. It's a multi family condo/apt building. I don't see a buzzer system outside the door on the exterior so I am thinking there is another interior door before entry with the email boxes and a buzzer system.
Did someone ring up the victims unit,a person known or unknown and the victim, he then either buzzed them in and went to meet them, or he went out of his unit to greet them, or find out who they were. And bingo. Maybe he left his door open in his unit and that was his baby crying. I don't know.
Whoever was the shooter was was not concerned with noise as many heard the gun shot - so no silencer.

I have not read anything anywhere about camera's. The time of the shooting seems odd - 830 ish at nght and at his house. Dense neighborhood. I would think easier in a parking lot somewhere or a more isolated less populated area.

Kind of just thinking out loud on paper. Seems more like a disgruntled spur of the moment liquid courage moment type killer vs a hit.

The holidays really seem to unnerve people

JMO

He apparently owned his unit.

Loureiro is listed as the owner of a unit in the apartment building at 9 Gibbs St., according to county records.

MIT professor fatally shot on Gibbs Street - Brookline.News

And, just like others, I haven't seen any mention of his family. I don't know if he lived with his kids.

 

[waldojabba]

From these 2 comments in the same article, it's not clear exactly where Nuno was shot. Is it possible that it was in the 'lobby' of the building? or was it just inside the entrance of his specific apartment?



WHMI 93.5 FM Radio Station — Livingston County Michigan

ETA: added bolding for focus

"Upon arrival, officers discovered 47-year-old Nuno F.G. Loureiro, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the building’s foyer." bbm

I've seen foyer several times including from an interview with the first floor neighbor. Hard to say this early as there are always conflicting reports.
We will have to wait to see as it evolves
It feels personal to me.

Victim of deadly Brookline shooting identified as MIT lab director, professor

Police say they found the man with multiple gunshot wounds.

www.boston25news.com

 

[waldojabba]

He apparently owned his unit.


MIT professor fatally shot on Gibbs Street - Brookline.News

And, just like others, I haven't seen any mention of his family. I don't know if he lived with his kids.

I am running out but I read IIRC 3 kids and a wife - at least two kids in the local school system it appears
IMO

 

[dotr]

rbbm

Nuno Loureiro family: All about slain MIT professor's wife and children

Nuno Loureiro, a 47-year-old professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston on Monday night.

www.hindustantimes.com

''Nuno Loureiro is married with kids. Sally Kornbluth, president of MIT, noted “In the face of this shocking loss, our hearts go out to his wife and their family and to his many devoted students, friends and colleagues,” in the statement released after his death.

However, Loureiro's wife's name remains unknown for now. ABC-affiliate WCVB meanwhile reported neighbors saying that Loureiro lived in the Brookline home with his wife and children. A person who lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, described the Loureiro family to CBS News saying “He had a young family, they went to school here.”

Not much else is known about the slain professor's children either, except that they attended school locally. Eurydice Hirsey, meanwhile, is a family friend, the publication further noted. “It's a family that is feeling such raw horror. I am sure terror and what do you do with something that is indescribable,” he said.

Loureiro was reportedly born in Portugal to a Sephardic Jewish family in 1977.''

 

[waldojabba]

I am running out but I read IIRC 3 kids and a wife - at least two kids in the local school system it appears
IMO

Yes here we go. Three kids

“Eurydice Hirsey, another Brookliner, told Fox News Digital she met Loureiro through his wife, Ines, and that the couple shares three children ranging in age from elementary school to college.”

Neighbors of slain MIT professor stunned by killing

MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot to death at his Brookline apartment Monday night, prompting a homicide investigation with no suspects named yet.

www.foxnews.com

 

[ErinC]

It sounds melodramatic, but I am a bit...nervous about... the fact that we already have an unknown shooter attacking an educational institution in New England, and then this also happens. Completely MOO.

 

[wibbleflea]

It sounds melodramatic, but I am a bit...nervous about... the fact that we already have an unknown shooter attacking an educational institution in New England, and then this also happens. Completely MOO.

Agreed. And there's a different response to this one. There's news coverage but no release of video footage or stills, and there's little public information.

 

[brib809]

It sounds melodramatic, but I am a bit...nervous about... the fact that we already have an unknown shooter attacking an educational institution in New England, and then this also happens. Completely MOO.

Yeah it’s definitely surreal living within 90 minutes of both of these attacks (less than hour from Boston). I’m not going to go about my life any differently especially since I do not fit into the demographic of the victims of either attack, but it’s obviously still a little unsettling. Just have to have faith that the police know more than they are letting on and are closing in on a suspect.