Posted on 12/17/25
| News Source: FOX News
BROOKLINE, Mass. – Authorities are investigating the death of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor after he was found fatally shot inside his Boston-area apartment earlier this week.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, died at a hospital on Tuesday morning after being shot on Monday night inside his apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
Officers with the Brookline Police Department arrived at the three-story apartment building after receiving reports of a man shot at his home, prosecutors said. Loureiro was pronounced dead Tuesday morning. Here is what we know about the investigation:
The shooting took place in Brookline, an affluent suburb a few miles outside of Boston. It is being investigated as a homicide, and no suspects have been taken into custody.
The Brookline Police Department and Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office are investigating Loureiro’s death, the Massachusetts State Police said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"This remains an active and ongoing homicide investigation," Brookline Chief of Police Jennifer Paster said in a social media post. "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. While we investigate this incident, we will have dedicated patrol cars, officers, and unmarked units in the Gibbs Street neighborhood."
The Brookline Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.