Overview
- Loureiro, 47, was found at his Brookline home on Monday after neighbors reported hearing three gunshots and he was pronounced dead on Tuesday.
- Police and the Norfolk County district attorney's office have opened a homicide probe and are reviewing neighborhood security-camera footage for leads.
- Authorities say they have identified no suspects and established no motive at this stage of the inquiry.
- MIT confirmed Loureiro led the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and held appointments in Nuclear Science and Engineering and Physics, with tributes from President Sally Kornbluth.
- The Portuguese-born scientist joined MIT in 2016 and was widely recognized for contributions to plasma physics and mentorship in the research community.