Overview
- Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his Gibbs Street home in Brookline on Dec. 15 and died at a hospital the next morning.
- The case is being investigated by the Norfolk County district attorney’s office, Brookline Police, Massachusetts State Police and MIT Police, with no arrests announced.
- FBI Boston said it has offered assistance that has not been requested and reported no indication of a link to the Providence mass shooting.
- MIT leaders and colleagues described Loureiro as a lauded physicist and mentor, as the university community mourns his death.
- Portugal’s president and Loureiro’s former institutions issued tributes, and industry reporting noted his role working with Commonwealth Fusion Systems while any project impacts remain unconfirmed.