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Officials: MIT Professor Dies After Being Shot at Home
Authorities continue an active homicide investigation into the fatal shooting of MIT plasma physics director Nuno Loureiro, with no suspects identified or motive released.
- On Dec. 15, 2025, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was shot in his Brookline, Massachusetts home and died Tuesday morning after being taken to a Boston hospital.
- Loureiro, director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center, joined MIT in 2016 and was named center director last year to advance fusion and clean-energy research.
- Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. to reports of shots at a Gibbs Street apartment and found a victim with multiple gunshot wounds, while local residents reported hearing three loud bangs Monday evening.
- No one is in custody, the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office said, and MIT is offering support while Portuguese and U.S. officials issued condolences.
- That absence is felt across MIT, where colleagues described him as a leader; his death removes a head of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center with over 250 staff, occurring as authorities pursue a nearby manhunt after the Brown University rampage.
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In the United States, renowned MIT professor and plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro (47) was shot dead in his apartment in Brookline, near Boston. Police are looking for a suspect.
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MIT Fusion Physicist Murdered in His Home
Lauded theoretical physicist and director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Nuno Loureiro has been murdered at the age of 47. The professor was shot “multiple times” at this home in Brookline, Massachusetts, according to officials, and died on Tuesday morning in the hospital. The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office has since said that the incident is being treated as an “active and ongoing homicide investigation.” It’s a baffling…
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