Lieutenant of Rota, brother of Eloá Pimentel, is shot in the head in an attack on Avenida Goiás, in São Caetano
A first lieutenant of the Military Police, Ronickson Pimentel dos Santos, brother of Eloá Pimentel, was shot in the head this Saturday morning (27), in São Caetano do Sul, in Greater São Paulo. The incident occurred while the police officer, who was off duty, was waiting at a traffic light.
He is part of the 1st Shock Police Battalion, known as Rota (Rondas Ostensivas Tobias de Aguiar), one of the elite units of the São Paulo corporation.
The attack, according to information from the Military Police, took place on the busy Avenida Goiás.
The lieutenant was riding his motorcycle, in civilian clothes, when he was approached by two men on another motorcycle, who approached and fired shots.
Ronickson was injured in the head and received first aid at the scene. He was then transported by a PM Eagle helicopter for medical care.
The name of the hospital where the victim was taken was not disclosed, and his current state of health remains unknown at this time.
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Rota officer and family member of Eloá Pimentel is ambushed by gunfire at a traffic light in ABC Paulista
The Public Security Secretariat reported that the Military Police are carrying out a task force in search of the criminals. Teams from the 1st to 5th Shock Battalion, together with the Mounted Police Regiment, were mobilized to intensify patrolling in the region, also covering the community of Heliópolis, located approximately 5 km from the scene of the incident.
The São Caetano do Sul headquarters will be responsible for recording the incident, which is still in progress. The motorcycle used by the attackers was located in the Ipiranga neighborhood during the afternoon.
The impact of the Eloá Pimentel case that shook the country in 2008
The case involving Eloá Pimentel shocked Brazil and reached international repercussions in 2008, leaving a deep mark on the country’s collective memory about domestic violence and the outcome of hostage crises. Teenager Eloá Cristina Pimentel was the victim of shots to the head and groin, fired by her ex-boyfriend, Lindemberg Fernandes Alves.
She was just 15 years old when she was held hostage for more than a hundred hours inside an apartment in Santo André, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo. Lindemberg, then 22 years old, broke into the property, unhappy with the end of the relationship, and the fatal shots occurred as the police were invading the place.
