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Harvard Visiting Professor Arrested, Deported After Pellet Gun Incident Near Synagogue

Boston, December 5, 2025 – A visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Carlos Portugal Gouvea, has been arrested and is being deported after pleading guilty to discharging a pellet gun near a Massachusetts synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the arrest of the Brazilian citizen on Thursday, December 4th, 2025.

Gouvea, an associate professor from the University of Sao Paulo Law School, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the U.S. State Department revoked his temporary non-immigrant visa. The Trump administration has characterized the incident as an “anti-Semitic shooting,” a description contested by local authorities and the synagogue itself.

Brookline police arrested Gouvea on October 1st after a report of a person with a gun near Temple Beth Zion. According to police reports, Gouvea claimed he was hunting rats with the pellet gun and was unaware he was near a synagogue or that it was a religious holiday.

Gouvea agreed to plead guilty to illegally discharging the pellet gun and serve six months of pretrial probation. Other charges, including disturbing the peace and vandalism, were dismissed as part of a plea deal.

While the Trump administration has labeled the incident anti-Semitic and used it to pressure Harvard over alleged failures to combat anti-Semitism, Temple Beth Zion has stated that the incident did not appear to be motivated by anti-Semitism. The Brookline Police Department also shares this view.

The arrest occurs amidst ongoing tension between the Trump administration and Harvard University. The university has sued the administration over various actions, including the termination of research grants, which a judge ruled unlawful in September.

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Gouvea has agreed to leave the country. Neither Gouvea nor Harvard University were immediately available for comment.

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