Suspect of shooting Rota lieutenant may be on the run with his family
The São Paulo police suspect that the man identified as carrying out the attack on Rota lieutenant, Ronickson Pimentel dos Santos, may be trying to flee the state and even the country.
Hércules da Costa Siqueira, known as "Golias" or "Peruca", is on the run after the São Paulo court ordered his temporary arrest this Friday (2). According to the police, he is suspected of shooting a Rota soldier (Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar) in the head.
CNN Brasil found that he was trying to leave São Paulo with his wife and daughters. A security camera monitored by investigators shows a man, wearing a dark mask and cap, who would be Hercules alongside his wife and children, on the way to Baixada Santista.
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Police officers looking for the suspect believe that he and his family had received support from his father-in-law, staying hidden between the night of last Sunday (26) and the early hours of Monday (27).
The investigation also works with the thesis that the wife could have helped "Goliath" escape, altering her appearance.
To date, two suspects have been temporarily arrested for the attack on the lieutenant. In addition to Hércules, a suspect involved in the crime was killed in a confrontation with Rota soldiers on Thursday night (2) in Peruíbe, on the coast of São Paulo.
Participation of "Galego", killed by Rota
The report found that, during the alleged escape, the family had stopped by an inn linked to Elenilson Misael da Silva, "Galego", aged 47, killed during a police action in Rota after being located in a silver GM Montana pickup truck
According to the police report, an anonymous tip pointed out Elenilson as possibly involved in the attack on Lieutenant Ronickson and would have reacted to the police approach.
From him, the police seized a .380 caliber pistol with 13 rounds of ammunition. The vehicle used by the suspect was also seized.
Ronickson Pimentel is hospitalized in serious condition in the ICU of the Mário Covas State Hospital, in Santo André, in ABC Paulista. According to the latest update on his health status, he has stable intracranial pressure, preserved renal function, no fever and is intubated on mechanical ventilation.
Source: CNN