On this Monday (29) a man who broke into a house in Blumenau and shot a resident was arrested by the Bahian civil police. The crime was committed in February and at that time the author was trying to shoot the wife of the victim, who was three months pregnant.

The man who broke into the house and shot the victim in Blumenau is arrested in Bahia – Photo: Civil police / ND reproduction

The arrest was made as part of a joint operation by the Santa Catarina Civil Police through the Blumenau DIC and the Sergipe Corporation, which was supported by the Bahian Military Police.

Man located in Bahia

According to the corporation, the investigation identified a suspect who was identified by the wife of the murdered resident. After the crime, the author left his job as a vigilante and fled with his family to Sergipe. A warrant for provisional arrest was issued by the 1st Criminal Court of the Blumenau District on 20 February.

The civil police of Sergipe began to assist in the search for the fugitive, since the suspect is a native of the state. On this Monday (29) he was found to have fled towards Bahia in a BR-116, having been found with the support of the military police who approached the vehicle in the town of Posoins.

After several months on the run, he was arrested and taken to the police station, where he will await a custody hearing before being sent to a prison in the city of Vitória da Conquista (BA).

remember the case

On February 4, a 25-year-old man was shot dead in his home on Belo Horizonte Street in the Gloria district of Blumenau. The intruder broke into the house and shot several times at the tenant. The victim’s wife, a 15-year-old three months pregnant, stepped in to try and save her partner.

The attacker tried to shoot the girl, but the gun misfired and he left the house. Outside, he managed to fix it, shoot it up and return inside the residence. He aimed at the villager, but the gun misfired again. She screamed for help and the author fled in his Fiat Uno.

In response to the victim’s cries for help, the author fled in his Fiat Uno car. – Photo: Civil Police/ND reproduction