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Harvard Professor Fired Gun Near Temple on Yom Kippur
10/6/2025
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Story summary
- Carlos Portugal Gouvea, Harvard Law visiting professor, fired a pellet gun near Temple Beth Zion in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Yom Kippur eve.
- Brookline police say he claimed he was hunting rats, and his shots shattered a parked car window nearby.
- Harvard placed Gouvea on administrative leave during the investigation, drawing national outrage.
- Police say timing was coincidental; no antisemitism found.
