Soldiers mistakenly riddled the car of a family in Rio de Janeiro: more than 80 shots and a dead man

Ten soldiers they were arrested in Brazil after shoot more than 80 balls against a car in which a family traveled to Rio de Janeiro. They killed 51-year-old father Evaldo dos Santos Rosa and injured two others.

Dos Santos Rosa worked as a musician and guardian. This Sunday I drove a car baby shower next to his family: his father-in-law who was injured, his wife, his 7-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter who left safe and sound. A neighbor who tried to help was also touched.

The incident occurred in the district of Guadalupe, north of Rio, in the security perimeter of a military zone where troops perform "regular patrols," said the army.

At first, the army claimed to have "reacted to an attack by criminals aboard the vehicle", but after gathering the statements of those involved and listening to the witnesses, "inconsistencies were identified" in this version, declared the military command of the region. This one

In conclusion of this investigation, "he was determined to work criminal record of 10 of the 12 soldiers interviewed, for violation of the rules of action ".

The widow of Santos Rosa said that after the first shot she had asked the help of the soldiers, but they continued to shoot.

"Why did the barracks do that? Neighbors came to our aid but they continued to fire. I asked one of them: "Good God, help my husband!" They did not do anything, they mocked"said widow Luciana Nogueira on local television.

Commissioner of the Homicide Division of the Civil Police (CP), Leonardo Salgado, said Sunday night on Globo television that in the musician's vehicle "no weapon was found". "I do not see any signs of self defense, because of the number of shots," he added.

"Where is dad?"

"How can they do that?" My dad was a good guy, he never did anything wrong and died like that? With the car full of shots. These people can not have weapons in the hand. They have no training, "said Daniel Rosa dos Santos, the musician's eldest son.

The 29 year old said O Globo that his little brother does not stop asking "Where is dad?" and asked for explanations from President Jair Bolsonaro, who said that the army "came to protect people and not to kill lives".

"The killers, that's what they are"said another parent, Déborah dos Santos. "It's as if the governor had said: & # 39; Kill first and then see & # 39;. And that's what they did: first they killed and then they saw that it was a father, that there was a family, that there were children, "he said. .

The new governor of Rio, Wilson Witzel, promised, upon taking office, to apply a uncompromising policy before the crime, in a speech given to that of the president of the far right Jair Bolsonaro.

In January and February 2019, the first two months in which Witzel held this position, 305 people were killed by police in Rio, according to government statistics. This figure represents a 17.6% increase compared to the same period of 2018.