Authorities are saying this is not related to the shootings at Brown University. It’s still shocking.
CBS News reports:
MIT professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline, Massachusetts homeMIT professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed. Loureiro, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was 47 years old.A Brookline police spokesperson said officers responded to a call for gunshots at an apartment on Gibbs Street at about 8:30 p.m.”A victim was located who had been shot multiple times,” Brookline police deputy superintendent Paul Campbell told WBZ-TV.Loureiro was taken by ambulance to a Boston hospital, where he died Tuesday morning. No other information about the shooting was immediately released and authorities did not say if they are looking for a suspect. Campbell said no one is in custody.”This is an active and ongoing homicide investigation,” Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey’s office said in a statement.Brookline Police Chief Jennifer Paster said patrol cars and unmarked units will be in the Gibbs Street neighborhood during the investigation.”In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience,” Chief Paster said.
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