A 27-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man died Tuesday morning after being hit by stray bullets during a fierce shootout between criminals and police who were trying to prevent a motorcycle theft on Linha Amarela, an expressway connecting the northern and western zones of the Brazilian city of Rio de. -Janeiro. Both died on the spot, and one of the criminals, who tried to steal a motorcycle, was also injured, but he is not in danger and is hospitalized under arrest.
Deborah Vilas Boas da Silva, 27, the mother of a seven-month-old baby, was hit by a live weapon as she stood at a bus stop with others waiting for a bus to take her to work. On the other hand, Jose Carlos Miranda, 64, was inside a passenger bus that was about to arrive at the stop where Deborah was waiting when he too was hit by a bullet and was still dying inside the bus under the horrified gaze of the people around him.
The shooting began when four criminals in a car approached a couple who was on their way to work on a motorcycle and tried to steal the two-wheeler. A passing police patrol attempted to stop the robbery and opened fire as the criminals responded to the arrest and the agents responded in the same manner.
Until noon this Tuesday local time and noon in Lisbon, it was still unknown whether the bullets that killed two more innocent people in Rio de Janeiro came from criminals or agents. In just 24 hours since Sunday morning, at least five innocent people have been killed by stray bullets during military police operations or in clashes between rival gangs, including a five-year-old girl playing in the street where she lived and an elderly man. A 60-year-old man who sat calmly on the doorstep of his home and enjoyed his day off.