In a response sent to Lusa, IGAI states that “a process was opened that aims to investigate the circumstances in which a firearm was used, resulting in death”.
The Attorney General’s Office confirms, in a response sent to Lusa, the opening of an investigation that is taking place at the Department of Instruction and Criminal Action (DIAP) in Lisbon.
An official source from the Public Security Police said that on Monday the commander of the Special Police Unit (UEP) initiated disciplinary proceedings against the agent who belongs to the UEP Personal Security Corps and who continues to perform functions in the support area, not being in operational activity.
A source from the Judiciary Police, which is investigating the case, told Lusa that the homicide prevention service received a call from the PSP at around 5am on Monday reporting that a police officer had fatally shot a suspected murder suspect. robbery at your residence.
According to the report made to the PJ, the agent was approached by an armed man when he was in his private vehicle stopped at traffic lights in the Algés area, in the municipality of Oeiras.
The suspect, according to a PJ source, forced the agent to drive to an open area where the detained woman joined him and the two forced him to drive the vehicle to her house.
Already at the residence, in Benfica, the policeman managed to reach his service weapon and fatally shot the man, while the woman, who was waiting for him outside, ended up detained by the PSP.
On Monday, the PSP arrested the alleged accomplice of the man killed following the attempted kidnapping and robbery, who was presented to the investigating judge and was placed in preventive detention.
