Jewish MIT professor fatally shot at Massachusetts home

MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, 47, fatally shot at his Brookline home. Police say the case is an active homicide investigation.

A Jewish, pro-Israel Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor has died after being shot at his home Monday evening, campus officials confirmed on Tuesday.

Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, 47, a Portuguese-born nuclear science and engineering professor, was shot "multiple times" at his Brookline apartment and succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning at a Boston hospital, according to Brookline police and MIT authorities.

Officers responded to reports of gunshots around 8:30 p.m. local time, police said. No suspects are currently in custody, and the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office described the case as “an active and ongoing homicide investigation.”

CBS News reported that a neighbor recalled hearing “three loud bangs” Monday evening, initially believing someone was “kicking in a door.”

Loureiro earned a physics degree from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon in 2000 and a Ph.D. in physics from Imperial College London in 2005, according to his faculty profile.