Loureiro, MIT and Nuno
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Online speculation erupts after MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro is shot dead at home. Here is what is known, what police say, and why the internet is questioning the timing and motive.
Shock and grief are rippling through the Boston-area academic world after an acclaimed Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist was shot
Nuno Loureiro, a 47-year-old professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston on Monday night.
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Nuno F.G. Loureiro, Professor and Director of Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT, Shot Dead at Home
Nuno F.G. Loureiro — a science, physics and engineering professor who joined MIT in 2016 — was shot multiple times Monday night, and died the following day
Officials have identified the man who was shot to death in his Brookline home. According to police, around 8:33 p.m., officers responded to 9 Gibbs Street for reports of gunshots. Upon arrival, they discovered Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, who had been shot multiple times in the foyer.