Overview
- ICE Boston officers detained Carlos Portugal Gouvea after his J-1 visa revocation, and he agreed to voluntary departure rather than contest removal.
- The State Department pulled his visa on Oct. 16, and on Nov. 13 he accepted a plea for illegal use of an air rifle with other local charges dismissed.
- DHS publicly described the conduct as an anti-Semitic shooting and issued a statement condemning such violence.
- Temple Beth Zion leaders and Brookline police reported finding no evidence of a bias motive, noting Gouvea told officers he was hunting rats.
- Harvard placed Gouvea on administrative leave after the October arrest, which followed a lockdown at the synagogue and a car window damaged by a pellet.