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ICE Arrests Harvard Law Professor After Shooting Near Synagogue

Visiting law professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea, a Brazilian national, has decided to self-deport, according to federal officials.
ICE Arrests Harvard Law Professor After Shooting Near Synagogue
Visiting Harvard Law School Professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea. Brookline Police Department
Jill McLaughlin
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U.S. immigration authorities arrested visiting Harvard Law School Professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea on Wednesday following an alleged antisemitic shooting incident outside of a synagogue in the Greater Boston area the day before Yom Kippur—the holiest day of the year in Judaism.

This is the second arrest for Gouvea, 43, a Brazilian national, after authorities say he shot near the synagogue using a pellet gun.

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