MIT professor shot dead in Brookline home, Massachusetts State Police launch homicide investigation

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MIT professor shot dead in Brookline home, Massachusetts State Police launch homicide investigation

Nuno Loureiro was director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center before his death in Brookline

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December 16, 2025 2:07pm EST

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Homicide detectives are investigating after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lab director and professor was found shot to death in his Brookline home.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was taken to a local hospital Monday night with apparent gunshot wounds after the Brookline Police Department received a report of a man shot at his home, according to a statement from the Norfolk District Attorney's Office.

Loureiro was pronounced dead Tuesday morning, the district attorney's office confirmed.

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An MIT professor and lab director was pronounced dead after being shot at his Massachusetts home, according to authorities. Homicide detectives are investigating. (REUTERS/Brian Snyder)

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

"Our deepest sympathies are with his family, students, colleagues, and all those who are grieving," MIT spokesperson Kimberly Allen wrote in a statement to Fox News. "Focused outreach and conversations are taking place within our community to offer care and support for those who knew Prof. Loureiro, and a message will be shared with our wider community."

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MIT confirmed the victim was a professor at the university. (iStock)

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Officials said the case is an "active and ongoing" homicide investigation, led by the Massachusetts State Police.

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MIT said it will not release any additional information "out of respect for the integrity of this ongoing investigation."

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MIT professor shot dead in Brookline home, Massachusetts State Police launch homicide investigation