Video: See the moment when Rota's lieutenant, Eloá's brother, is shot in SP
Images obtained by CNN Brasil show the moment in which Rota lieutenant (Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar) Ronickson Pimentel dos Santos, older brother of Eloá Cristina Pimentel, was shot during an attempted execution this Saturday morning (27), on Avenida Goiás, in São Caetano do Sul, Greater São Paulo.
In the images it is possible to observe when two individuals on a motorcycle stop at the lighthouse next to the PM, who was also on a motorcycle. Then, one of them pulls out a gun and shoots the victim who, at the same moment, falls with the vehicle on the asphalt.
See the moment a lieutenant is shot
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Another footage captured the moment in which the pair fled the scene shortly after the shooting. See:
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According to the report, Ronickson was leaving a gym before the attempted execution.
According to the PM (Military Police), he received first aid from Samu (Mobile Emergency Care Service) while still on site and was then taken to a hospital unit by the Águia helicopter from the PM Air Group.
In the early afternoon of this Saturday, sources told CNN about the police officer's death. However, according to official information from the PM, the victim is still undergoing medical care and is undergoing surgery.
Video: Rota PM is shot while walking his dog in Greater SP
In a note, the SSP (Public Security Secretariat) informed that the incident was forwarded to the São Caetano do Sul Headquarters Police Station and is still ongoing to identify and locate the perpetrators of the crime.
Remember the Eloá case
The kidnapping of Eloá Pimentel, aged 15, by her ex-boyfriend Lindemberg Alves, aged 22 at the time, moved the country and was broadcast in real time on several television channels in 2008.
Eloá case: MP denies request for sentence reduction for man convicted of murder | CNN NEW DAY
There were 100 hours of negotiations with the police, accompanied by testimonies from neighbors, speculation about the motivations for the crime, tension over the outcome and even an interview with the kidnapper himself.
Source: CNN