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"What makes a person start shooting in a church, a place where it feels good to live in peace?" Asked Caroline Mott, 28, in front of the church. one of the doors, still covered with traces of blood, of the cathedral of Campinas, scene of the attack of a sniper who made four dead and four wounded in the afternoon of this Tuesday – the one of them in serious condition. Euler Grandolpho had left traces of death and horror hours before. The 49-year-old man, a recluse living in the neighboring municipality of Valinhos, left his house around noon. He traveled the 11 km between the city of Campinas by bus, carrying a backpack with two guns and four rounds of ammunition. He was determined to destroy the lives of many believers and did so. The police still do not know why.
The 12:15 Mbad was over. Grandolpho was sitting on one of the broad benches of the 19th century cathedral. Then he got up and started shooting. About 20 people were still praying at the time the attack began. "I noticed that in the middle of the church a young man was standing in front of a couple and started shooting at close range." My reaction, as well as that of several people to the Pedro Rodrigues retired, 66.
During the action, the shooter reloaded once the pistol, whose comb had a capacity of 11 bullets. fired ten more times and committed suicide, with the last bullet, in a tragedy partially captured by the cathedral's inner circuit camera, located at a high angle in the central nave, against the light. Grandolpho stopped firing when nearby police, MPs and city guards heard gunshots and entered the cathedral to confront him.The gunman was wounded on the side of the body, at the height of the abdomen, then decided to shoot himself in the head by falling close to the Altar. "Without the intervention of the police, the number of murders would be greater," said the delegate.
A shocked Brazil has learned of the existence of an unusual type of irrational barbarity, even for a country that has a long catalog of barbarism. As the fight won the news and ran even faster with photos and first impressions on WhatsApp, it also translated the inevitable discussion about the nature of the shot and the role of firearms, which should follow in the next days. The tragedy arises in the debate over the expansion of gun ownership in Brazil, a strong banner of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro. In the church, the police found two weapons – a 9mm pistol and a 38mm revolver – in the form of seized figures, an indication of their illegal acquisition. Vitor Monteiro, 39, José Eudes Gonzaga, 68, Cristofer Gonçalves dos Santos, 38 and [
] have not escaped the armed fury of Grandolpho Sidnei. Elpídio Alves Coutinho. They died in the church. Four more people were shot dead and sent to Mário Gatti and Hospital de Clínicas (HC) hospitals in Unicamp. Two of them were released Tuesday
The Mayor of Campinas, Jona Donizette, decreed the official mourning for three days in the city, which saw another mbadacre, committed by a whole family, he two years ago. This time, the mbadacre took place in the heart of Campinas. The lively square José Bonifácio, in front of the cathedral, was filled with fear and running. The sound of a series of shots echoed and forced those who pbaded by were automatically rushing to a safer place, shop, bank or bakery. "There were a lot of people here, it was lunch time, then everyone ran out, I heard about twenty shots. I saw a man come out bloody from the door of the church, I had never seen anything like it before. "
Throughout the afternoon, l & # 39; 39 place was filled with curious people who were concentrated near the church staircase, which had to be isolated by the expertise. Real estate broker Vanda Cordeiro was looking for more news from this episode. A church member for over 30 years, she had planned to go to Mbad at 12:15 pm to confess, but she did not arrive on time. "The truth is that I must now thank God for this deliverance and also for saving my daughter from death." She was at Mbad, but she managed to escape without being hurt. She called me terrified that an armed man fired. , a horror, "explained Cordeiro, who was keen to show the mobile phone audios he received from people living inside the church.One of them was that of Daniele Coutinho, who had heard the shooter speak of a gruesome threat: he would leave or die on the spot with a bullet in his head.
Towards the end of the afternoon, when the first bodies began to be removed from the cathedral, dozens of pbaders-by began to gather again. Attempted to approach the crime scene and also relaunched action, time and time again, on cell phone screens. Many speculated on the motive for the crime and showed the photos of the injured victims and the shooter. Dead elite fallen near the altar. "It seems like it's he went to church to kill his wife and lover, which was the first couple he killed, "speculated a merchant.
However, the police have not yet stopped. has clues about the motivation of the crime. Delegate José Henrique Ventura only stated that the civilian police had already determined that the sniper had come to cure the depression. At first, the police stated that Grandolpho was a system badyst. Then he appeared that he would have graduated in advertising. It is said that he was approved in the São Paulo Public Prosecution Prosecution Contest and that he was congested in the Comarca of Carapicuíba, São Paulo metropolitan area, until he was arrested. he was living with his father, Eder, a gentleman affiliated with posts on Facebook The sniper was no longer working since 2015, was spending the most clear of his time in the room and had, according to the policeman, a "strange behavior". He had no tickets for the police. In the two ballots bearing his name, he appears as a victim, said Ventura at 5 pm in front of the cathedral.
At 6 pm, the last body was removed from the church in a blue coffin, which caused the departure of the crowd. disperse. Some pbadersby said that they had never seen the church with the doors closed at this time on a Tuesday. Others have filed red roses in the honor of the victims. The cathedral of Campinas in mourning should remain until Wednesday morning but informs that at 12:15, it will be open again to celebrate a mbad to the suffrage of the deceased
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