The Civil Police investigates the case of an 11 -year -old boy shot During a shooting in Realengo, in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday night (3). The child playing soccer in a field inside a condominium residential when it was hit in the leg.
According to the first reports, motorcycles criminals arrived at Rua Hélio do Amaral, near Father Miguel’s Independent Samba School, and fired on a rival group.
During the confrontation, the boy was hit. He was rescued by a neighbor and taken to Albert Schweitzer Municipal Hospital in the same neighborhood. To date, the Municipal Health Secretariat (SMS) has not disclosed information about its health.
The Military Police reported that they investigate the circumstances of the shooting and that the case was registered in the 33rd DP (Realengo).
Six children were shot in Grande Rio in 2025
Counting the case registered in this Quara, the Fogo Cruzado Institute has already registered six shot children in the Rio Metropolitan Region in 2025: one died and five were injured. The number is the same registered in the same period of 2024, between January 1 and April 2.
On the number of Lost bullet victims generally in Rio de Janeiro, SME counts only the children, increased 58% this year . In the first 75 days of 2025, 41 cases were recorded, compared to 26 in the same period of 2024.
This content was originally published in a 11 -year -old boy is shot while playing football in the west of Rio on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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