Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home outside Boston. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was killed Monday night at his apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts. The investigation into the MIT professor's killing comes as Brown University, another prestigious institution just 50 miles (80 kilometers) away in Providence, Rhode Island, is reeling from an unsolved shooting that killed two students and wounded nine others Saturday.

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was killed at his home near Boston earlier in the week. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot Monday night at his apartment in Brookline, […]

Police intensified their search for a suspect in the fatally shooting of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in his home in a Boston suburb.

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor died after shooting in his Boston-area apartment. Neighbors reportedly heard gunshots as police investigate.