Civil Police investigate murder of father of one of the teenagers involved in the death of PM in Itatiaia

ITATIAIA

Agents from the 99th Police Station (DP), coordinated by the chief delegate, Vicente Maximiliano Barbosa, are investigating the murder of a 44-year-old man, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, May 1st. The victim was shot 14 times in the Vila Esperança neighborhood. He was the father of one of the two teenagers, aged 14 and 16, arrested together with a man, aged 30, suspected of having participated in the confrontation with military police that ended with the death of the first sergeant of the Military Police, Alexandre Rodrigues de Almeida, 43 years old, on April 8th. The shooting took place in a forested area behind the Nhangapi Interstate Control Post (Barreira Fiscal), on Rodovia Presidente Dutra, near the Vila Florida neighborhood, in Itatiaia. In the exchange of gunfire, a 41-year-old criminal, who lived in Resende and had two notes for robbery, seven for robbery and six for murder, was killed. At the time of writing, none of the suspects in the crime had been arrested.

At around 1 am, agents from the 37th Military Police Battalion (BPM) received information that a firearm had been fired on Rua Juliana Campos Neves, in the Vila Esperança neighborhood and there had been one victim. At the address, police found the man dead.

A team of experts from the Carlos Éboli Criminalistics Institute (ICCE) went to the crime scene and found 24 9mm caliber casings and two lead fragments. After forensic examination, the body was removed to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Três Poços, in Volta Redonda.

According to the Civil Police, one of the hypotheses being investigated regarding the crime concerns the internal war between members of a criminal faction. “The victim is the father of one of the teenagers involved in the death of the military police officer in the forest area behind the Nhangapi Tax Post. The teenagers were released on Tuesday, the 30th, after a hearing at the Itatiaia Forum”, said the civil police officer, without giving further information so as not to hinder the investigations.

REMEMBER THE CASE

The first sergeant of the Military Police, Alexandre Rodrigues de Almeida, was killed on April 8, after a confrontation with criminals at the Nhangapi Interstate Control Post (Barreira Fiscal), on Rodovia Presidente Dutra, near the Vila Florida neighborhood, in Itatiaia. In the exchange of gunfire, a 41-year-old criminal, who lived in Resende and had two notes for robbery, seven for robbery and six for murder, was killed.

Sergeant Almeida and another police officer were returning from physical activities when they were surprised by armed men who were in a wooded area next to the tax post. According to the Military Police, the bush is used by traffickers to hide drugs. Upon returning, the police came across two people acting suspiciously. “These people, upon seeing our police officers, pulled out weapons, started shooting and fled to the opposite side. That’s when the police turned their attention to two other suspects who were in a different mood, and there was a new exchange of gunfire. One of our police officers was fatally shot and one of the criminals was shot and died”, reported Major Cláudio Portugal, coordinator of the Nhangapi-Itatiaia Fiscal Control Post.

The other criminals managed to escape through the wooded area. After the shooting, when searching the location, the police found a 40-point Beretta pistol, 40 rounds of ammunition of the same caliber, two chargers and a homemade grenade, which were in a bag seized from the criminal, who was wearing camouflage clothing.