Woman loan shark shot to death at gas station in Brazil
The owner of the car from which the two murder suspects fled the scene collaborated with justice
A tragic incident took place at a gas station in Anápolis, just 55 kilometers from Goiânia, Brazil, when a woman identified as Rosineide Lucas dos Santos, 41, was shot dead. The security cameras at the scene captured the moment when Rosineide got out of a truck and walked towards the car of the attacker, who opened fire.
The crime occurred on Thursday, September 21 in the Jundiaí neighborhood, on São Francisco Avenue. According to police chief Wlisses Valentin, the victim was a loan shark and the murder suspects owed her a debt.
Valentin explained: "The victim practiced usury and had arranged a meeting with this debtor at the gas station. After an argument over the debtor's refusal to pay, the woman prevented the exit of his vehicle, which disembarked and fired several shots." .
Civil Police investigations have so far identified three suspects related to this crime. Security camera images also showed that before the shooting, those involved had had a conversation in a cafeteria near the gas station. After the shooting, the two suspects fled in another vehicle.
Police Chief Cleiton Lobo de Araújo reported that a total of four shots hit the victim. "One shot hit her head, two hit her neck and another shot hit the woman's shoulder," he explained.
Initially, on the night of the crime, the Police managed to locate a 50-year-old man who had mediated the meeting between the perpetrators and the lender at the gas station. The third suspect who participated in the crime later collaborated with authorities and admitted to being the owner of the car used to escape. Thanks to this collaboration, the Police were able to obtain information that allowed them to identify the other two suspects, including the man who fired the fatal shots.
Clothing, ammunition and other objects related to the crime were seized and taken to the police station. The suspect who collaborated with the authorities was released after signing a Detailed Declaration of Occurrence (TCO) for the crime of personal favoritism. Investigations continue to fully clarify this tragic event.