BOSTON (AP) — A visiting Harvard Law professor from Brazil whose visa was revoked after he was charged with firing a BB gun near a synagogue during Yom Kippur has left the United States, the Department of Homeland Security announced and his lawyer confirmed on Thursday.

After Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Carlos Portugal Gouvêa on Wednesday, officials said he agreed to depart the United States voluntarily instead of being deported. He arrived in Brazil on Thursday, according to a statement from his attorney, Joseph D. Eisenstadt.

Homeland Security officials described the shooting event in October as antisemitic, but in a social media post days after the incident, Temple Beth Zion Brookline said it did not appear to be motivated by antisemitism. Police initially told the sy

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