The Brief
- MIT professor Nuno Loureiro died after being shot in his Brookline home, and authorities say the homicide investigation remains active and ongoing.
- Officials report no connection between his killing and the recent unsolved Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine wounded.
- Loureiro, a leading figure in nuclear science and fusion research, was mourned by students as neighbors described hearing gunfire the night of the incident.
The search for a suspect intensified following the shooting death of an MIT professor Monday evening.
Nuno Loureiro, who was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died Tuesday morning after he was shot inside his Brookline home.
The Norfolk District Attorney’s office said the homicide investigation into Loureiro’s death was “active and ongoing” as of Wednesday afternoon.
No connection to Brown University shooting
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