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.
In a plea deal last month involving local charges after the incident, Gouvea did not admit to being motivated by antisemitism. He insisted he was “hunting rats” when he pumped two shots of pellets through a car window across from Temple Beth Zion while worshippers attended service inside….