MIT professor shot, killed in Brookline home: What we know about Boston-area attack

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.

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 high school student also said that at one point, he was really interested in politics, and "loved talking to [Loureiro] about it."

"He was just a great guy, very respectful, very nice," he added. "They're just a great family, really, really great people."