The Baixada Fluminense Homicide Police Station (DHBF), in Rio de Janeiro, is investigating the deaths of 9-year-old Maria Eduarda Carvalho Martins and radiology technician Gabriela Carvalho de Alvarenga, 35. hit by gunfire during the passage of the Piranhas block, on Mauá beach, Magé district, in Baixada Fluminense, on Sunday (19), at the end of the night.
According to the Civil Police, 15 people were injured, including a civil police officer, who reacted to the attack. In addition to him, the person who started the shooting was also injured and taken into custody at a hospital in Duque de Caxias, also in Baixada Fluminense, where most of the victims were taken. .He was booked in flagrante delicto for homicide and attempted homicide. The investigation is ongoing.
The civil police officer was identified as Rodolfo Paulo de Brito Santos, who was wounded in the belly and is hospitalized in serious condition at Hospital Adão Pereira Nunes. In the same hospital, Flávio Serafim da Silva Júnior, known as Bu, is hospitalized under police custody, allegedly linked to a militia group operating in the Magé region.
According to witnesses, the fight would have started because of an argument, of who would first occupy a chemical toilet, installed on the beach to serve revelers.
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The Municipal Health Department of Duque de Caxias reported that 15 victims of gunshot wounds were admitted to the Municipal Hospital Adão Pereira Nunes, victims of the shooting. The victims are:
– Romário Coutinho da Silva, 51 years old, shot in the right hand. He is currently hospitalized and his state of health is considered stable;
– Samires Marques, 21 years old (pregnant), injured by a gunshot to her left leg and right foot, after evaluation and tests she was discharged with instructions at 5:20 am.
– Flávio Serafim da Silva Júnior, 40 years old, shot in the stomach, back and left leg. He underwent surgery immediately. he remains hospitalized in the ward and is stable.
– Alaíde Stepanie de Oliveira Cunha, 25 years old, victims of a gunshot wound to the left leg, after evaluation and exams, she was discharged with instructions at 5:20 am.
– Everton Ribeiro Teixeira, 35 years old, was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his right groin. After evaluation and tests, he was discharged with guidance.
– Wanderson Xavier Santana, 35, was shot in the left leg. After evaluation and exams, he was discharged with instructions at 5:20 am.
– Christian Mendes da Silva Maricá, 28 years old, was shot in the left leg, underwent immediate surgery, remains hospitalized, lucid, oriented, stable.
– Marcos de Souza Santos, 51 years old, shot in the abdomen, underwent immediate surgery, is currently hospitalized, hemodynamically stable.
– Rodolfo Paulo de Brito Santos, 37 years old, was hit in the abdomen. Underwent immediate surgical procedure. He is hospitalized in serious condition.
Grief
The prefecture of Magé declared this Monday official three-day mourning. In addition to this measure, the municipal government prohibited concentrations and parades of blocks throughout the municipality.
The prefecture of Magé informed that it is offering all the necessary support to the victims and their families, through its secretariats, including Health, Social Assistance and Security and Public Order.
