Credit: Harvard Law School A Harvard Law professor has been placed on administrative leave after being charged with firing a pellet rifle near a Boston synagogue. Carlos Portugal Gouvea, who is a visiting professor, was taken into custody on Wednesday after allegedly firing two pellets outside Temple Beth Zion synagogue in Brookline. According to the Harvard Crimson, he is facing charges in Brookline District Court for illegally discharging a pellet gun, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and property damage. The incident prompted a response from more than a dozen police officers as Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, was beginning Wednesday evening. Two private security guards reportedly tried to restrain Gouvea before police arrived, resulting in a “brief physical struggle.” A Visiting…
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