The Daily Populous Wednesday December 17th, 2025 night edition
Authored by boston.com and submitted by MDS98

Crime MIT professor shot and killed in his Brookline home Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was pronounced dead on Tuesday after being shot on Monday night. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was fatally shot at his home in Brookline on Monday, police said. MIT

An MIT professor was shot and killed in Brookline on Monday night.

Brookline police responded a report of a man shot in his home on Gibbs Street, according to the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was transported to a local hospital and was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning, the DA says.

Loureiro was the director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics. Originally from Portugal, the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs announced his death in a regulatory hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities on Tuesday, according to CNN.

“Sadly, I can confirm that Professor Nuno Loureiro, who died early this morning, 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,” an MIT spokesperson wrote in a statement.

In January, Loureiro was honored as one of nearly 400 scientists and engineers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from former president Joe Biden.

The investigation into the homicide remains ongoing. No further information was released.

SonOfMcGee on December 16th, 2025 at 19:47 UTC »

For those unfamiliar with Boston, Brookline is one of the nicest neighborhoods in the whole Northeast. Conan O’Brian grew up there!

Begging_Murphy on December 16th, 2025 at 19:40 UTC »

Fusion reactor researcher. Tinfoil hats are going to go nuts with this one.

OnionPersonal2632 on December 16th, 2025 at 19:32 UTC »

Loureiro was a physics and nuclear-science professor and director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.