The Civil Police confirmed that military police officers Hélder José da Silva and Cássio Teixeira Brito killed two homeless residents, on Wednesday (27), in Rondonópolis, Mato Grosso.
This Friday (29), the Military Police served the arrest warrant against police officer Cássio, who is detained at the 4th Regional Command of Rondonópolis. PM Helder is on the run.
Delegate Thiago Costa, who is in charge of the investigations, reported that the two police officers have more than 10 years of service to the corporation. Investigators carried out dozens of investigations at the scene of the crime, interviewed witnesses and analyzed images from security cameras.
The videos show a Land Rover vehicle at the scene of the crime. During the investigation, the agents learned that, on the night of the attack on homeless residents, a police officer entered Santa Casa, claiming that he had suffered an accidental gunshot.
Investigators checked the hospital's security cameras and confirmed that the same Land Rover seen at the crime scene was in the Santa Casa parking lot. The two police officers, Hélder and Cássio were also spotted inside the hospital.
According to the police chief, one of the witnesses who survived the attack said he saw the moment the police officer handed the gun to his colleague who was behind the wheel, who fired shots at the group in front of the Specialized Reference Center for People in Situations. of street.
“The investigations are at the beginning, there is still a lot for us to resolve, ballistic confrontations, analyzes of the projectiles that were found, the capsules found Preliminarily, what we can say is that there is no cause that generated this violent action, it was simply a crime of hate, without motivation, without a specific target. They were to simply kill homeless people, people who already live in poverty, who are already needy and who already suffer from the lack of assistance from the State”, lamented the delegate.
The Military Police of Mato Grosso opened a Military Police Inquiry (IPM) by the General Inspectorate against the two soldiers involved in the homicides that occurred. In a statement, the PM stated that “it does not support any type of violence and illegal acts carried out by members of the corporation and that all appropriate measures to punish those involved will be taken”
A CNN tries to contact the defense of police officers Hélder José da Silva and Cássio Teixeira Brito.
Source: CNN Brasil
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