Police chief shot dead along with his girlfriend in Rio de Janeiro The man fled the day before the alleged murder attempt.

A day after he allegedly escaped another attack, Sérgio Rodrigues da Costa Silva, known as Sérgio Bomba and described by police as the head of an armed militia controlling neighborhoods in the Sepetiba area in the western zone of Rio de Janeiro, was killed by several gunshots on Sunday evening , in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in the same area of ​​the Brazilian city.

The crime occurred around 21:00 local time and 00:00 in Lisbon, when Sergio Bomba and his girlfriend were at a kiosk on the beach.

At some point, a stranger quietly approached the couple and, showing considerable composure and skill, picked up a pistol and shot at the militia leader until he ran out of shells in the magazine, hitting him with bullets at close range. range and gives you no chance of defense.

The killer did not hit the woman next to Sergio Bomba, nor any of the customers or employees of the kiosk, making it clear that only the militia leader Sepetiba was targeted.

Sergio, riddled with bullets, died immediately. Rio de Janeiro’s homicide squad was called in to investigate the case in what was clearly contract enforcement, but they believe Sergio Bomba’s death was a settling of scores between rival militiamen.

According to Gaeco, the Special Action Group against Organized Crime under the Rio de Janeiro State Ministry, Sergio Bomba was involved in a bloody dispute with rival militias over control of areas in the city’s western zone.

Officially unconfirmed information shows that the day before, on Saturday, the policeman had already become the object of an execution attempt, from which he survived, but still decided to expose himself and the next day go to the beach with his girlfriend, probably to show your enemies so as not to be afraid of them.

Militias like those commanded by Sergio Bomba are heavily armed paramilitary groups originally created by corrupt police but today host criminals of all types and dominate large areas of Rio de Janeiro through terror.

Extremely violent, rivaling in brutality the drug gangs that also control vast areas of what was once called “Wonderful City”, the militias force residents and merchants to pay for supposed security and buy water, electricity, gas and internet only from illegal shops. created by these groups, and they even charge fees for alternative public transport, such as vans, to pass through the areas they dominate.