Lula supporter is suspected of killing Bolsonarist after confusion in bar in MT

Lula supporter is suspected of killing Bolsonarist after confusion in bar in MT

Civil Police are investigating the murder of a man in a bar in the district of Selma, 60 km from Jaciara, in Mato Grosso. According to the Military Police report, the corporation was called to the scene and found the victim, Valter Fernando da Silva, 36, already dead.

According to a report by the owner of the establishment to the PM, the suspect in the crime “defended the current president” (Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) and Valter “was a defender of the last former president” (Jair Bolsonaro). After the start of a fight for political reasons, the owner heard shots and, when he went to check, he saw the victim on the ground.

According to the Civil Police, witnesses said that those involved were consuming alcoholic beverages.

During the search, the Military Police found an abandoned vehicle, which was confirmed as possession of the crime suspect, who used it to escape and abandoned it.

During the check of this vehicle, another car was also approached with “two individuals in suspicious attitude”. According to the authorities, they were two brothers, who contradicted themselves during the police interrogation and confessed that they were after the suspected man to help him escape to the city of Campo Verde.

The suspect remains on the run, and the firearm used in the crime has not been located. The expertise found that Valter was shot twice in the abdomen.

*edited by Tiago Tortella, from CNN

Source: CNN Brasil