An MIT professor was fatally shot at home, and authorities are conducting a homicide investigation. The deceased, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was killed at his home in Brooklin.

Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Law enforcement officials announced Tuesday they had opened a homicide investigation after Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro was found dead in his home from apparent gunshot wounds the previous day.

MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed at his Brookline home, officials said. The 47-year-old lab director was found with gunshot wounds Monday.

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been fatally shot at his home near Boston and authorities say they have launched a homicide investigation.