Action by a 16-year-old teenager in two schools in Aracruz left 4 dead; he is arrested
The Governor of the Holy Spirit, Renato Casagrande (PSB), said this Sunday (27.Nov.2022) that the Civil Police is investigating whether the shooter who killed 4 people when attacking two schools in Aracruz acted alone. According to the head of the Espírito Santo Executive, it is also investigated how the teenager developed skills with weapons and driving vehicles.
“He said he acted alone, but that is not enough for the police. The police will actually do all the technical investigation.”said the governor to journalists during the wake of one of the victims of the crime.
The 16-year-old shooter used his father’s weapons, a lieutenant in the State Military Police. He also used the family car to drive to the crime scene. By law, teenagers cannot drive. The agents are investigating whether the boy’s father taught him how to handle weapons and drive vehicles.
“The PM is, yes, in the investigation process and the Civil Police will say if in fact they had complicity”said the governor.
In the shooter’s house, objects with Nazi symbols were found. His computer and cell phone were also seized. According to the Secretary of Public Security of Espírito Santo, the teenager’s action would have been planned for 2 years.
“The investigation will tell how he, at 16, was so skilled with weapons. And how he managed to load and reload. So it’s an investigative process where we have access to your phone and your computers and interrogations. Perhaps he had some ties to some neo-Nazi, neo-fascist outside group. The investigation will tellsaid Casagrande.
The shooter will answer for aggravated homicide for a futile reason. Casagrande declared 3 days of official mourning in the state “in a sign of regret for the irreparable losses”🇧🇷 Classes in the municipal education network were also suspended.
Watch the video that shows the moment the shooter arrives at one of the schools (59s):
UNDERSTAND THE CASE
Around 9:30 am this Friday (Nov 25), an unidentified man entered the Primo Bitti State Elementary and Middle School, in Aracruz (ES), and shot into the teachers’ room, leaving 2 teachers dead and 9 injured.
Afterwards, he took a gold-colored car with the license plate covered and drove to the private school Centro Educacional Praia de Coqueiral, where he killed a student and left two other people injured. Initially, Governor Renato Casagrande had informed that the 2nd attack would have been carried out at the Darwin school –also in Aracruz–, but later corrected the information.
The educational institutions are located in the neighborhood of Coqueiral, 22 km from the center of Aracruz. The city is 85.4 km from the state capital, Vitória.
According to Espírito Santo’s secretary of security, Colonel Márcio Celante, the information suggests that the shooter acted alone. He was dressed in camouflage clothing and his face was covered at the time of the crime. The man entered the state school, after breaking a padlock, and used a semi-automatic pistol to commit the crimes.
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