Gabriel Luiz was attacked by 2 men in Brasília; the other suspect is a minor and was referred to DCA
The Civil Police of the Federal District seized this Friday (15.Apr.2022) 2 suspects of stabbing journalist Gabriel Luiz, 29 years old, from Globo Network. The professional was attacked by 2 men in the Southwest, an upscale region of the federal capital, on Thursday night (Apr 14).
As a minor, one of the suspects, aged 17, was taken to the Police Station for Children and Adolescents after being heard. The other is 19 years old and will undergo a custody hearing. For the police, the crime was attempted robbery (robbery followed by death). The suspects confessed to participating in the case, and have no previous police records.
“These are people who were not involved in the practice of crime. [Eles] they said the motivation [do crime] it is because they had consumed a lot of drugs, and had agreed to carry out a robbery in the Southwest region”, said the deputy chief deputy of the 3rd Police Station, Douglas Fernandes, who is investigating the case.
Watch the delegate interview about the investigation (7min37s):
In an interview with journalists on Friday night, delegate Douglas Fernandes said that:
- Gabriel Luiz was stabbed after attempted robbery;
- the suspects chose the victim “at random”because he was walking alone, and that they didn’t know the journalist;
- the suspects took R$250 from the wallet and then got rid of the wallet;
- they got rid of their cell phone for fear of being tracked;
- the minor immobilized the victim with a rear naked choke, and the other suspect stabbed the journalist;
- the person of legal age was arrested in flagrante delicto and will be sent to a custody hearing;
- the police do not rule out the participation of other people in the crime.
Gabriel Luiz was treated at the Hospital de Base in Brasília. His health condition was considered serious but stable. Deputy Douglas Fernandes said that the police are in contact with the victim’s family, to hear the journalist about the case.
According to the police, the minor was stabbed during the attack on the journalist, while he was immobilizing the professional. He would have been taken to the hospital by the mother of a friend and then to the police station to register a victim. The suspect had said the injuries were caused by an attack. The police suspected the version, and detected contradictions in his speech. The minor then confessed to participating in the crime.
The other suspect was arrested early this Friday night (Apr 15), in a Cruzeiro square, an administrative region of the Federal District, where he lives. He reportedly told the police that he intended to flee to the region of Paracatu (MG).
Gabriel Luiz was stabbed in the parking lot near where he lives, in the Southwest. The doorman at the journalist’s building would have said that Gabriel was going to the local business. He was hit in the abdomen, chest and leg.
The journalist asked the neighbors for help and was admitted to the hospital conscious, where he underwent surgery during the night. The doctors managed to stop all the bleeding.
The professional is a reporter and editor of TV Globo in Brasilia. He has also worked on radio CBNin the newspaper Brazilian Mail and on the website metropolises.
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