The authorities said on Tuesday that they had opened a homicide investigation after a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Mass.
The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was a member of the departments of nuclear science and engineering and physics, as well as the director of M.I.T.’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, the school said.
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office said the police responded on Monday night after receiving a report of a man shot at his home. The office said Mr. Loureiro was brought to a hospital with gunshot wounds, and that he was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning.
“This is an active and ongoing homicide investigation,” the District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
An office spokesman, David Linton, said on Tuesday that there had not been any arrests in the case.
An M.I.T. spokeswoman said in a statement that the school was encouraging members of the campus community who may be affected by Mr. Loureiro’s death to reach out for support.
“Our deepest sympathies are with his family, students, colleagues and all those who are grieving,” the statement said. “Focused outreach and conversations are taking place within our community to offer care and support for those who knew Professor Loureiro.”
M.I.T. named Mr. Loureiro director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center in May 2024, putting him in charge of one of the school’s largest labs, where more than 250 researchers, staff members and students work in seven buildings with 250,000 square feet of lab space.
Michael Levenson covers breaking news for The Times from New York.
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