- The Brazilian pool hall shooting video captured the horrifying moment in Sinop City, Mato Grosso, Brazil, when two gunmen opened fire, killing seven people, including a 12-year-old girl.
- The killers had lost two consecutive games at the pool hall and were further humiliated when the crowd laughed at them for losing a game.
- According to Police Lt. Romening dos Santos Silva, the gunmen, Edgar Ricardo de Oliveira, 30, and Ezequias Souza Ribeiro, 27, went to get more money after losing the first game but lost again later. They then went on a deadly rampage after being mocked.
The Brazilian pool hall shooting video captured the horrifying moment in Sinop City, Mato Grosso, Brazil, when two gunmen opened fire, killing seven people, including a 12-year-old girl.
The killers had lost two consecutive games at the pool hall and were further humiliated when the crowd laughed at them for losing a game.
According to the author Yaron Steinbuch of nypost.com, a video captured the chilling moment when one of the men lined up the victims against the wall at gunpoint while the other grabbed a shotgun from a pickup truck.
The CCTV footage shows Ezequias approaching his targets with a pistol before Edgar walks in with the 12mm shotgun and starts shooting up the bar. The pair are then seen killing their captives.
In seconds, the man with the pump-action shotgun began his terrifying assault, shooting a man at point-blank range. He continued his rampage, picking his targets one by one as the other man joined in with his handgun.
As people crumpled to the floor, others ran out into the street, scrambling for their lives.
One woman was seen holding up her arms as the shooters left the massacre scene. On their way out, the killers grabbed small amounts of cash on pool tables and a woman’s purse.
Six people died instantly: Larissa Frasao de Almeida, 12; Orisberto Pereira Sousa, 38; Adriano Balbinote, 46; Getulio Rodrigues Frasao Junior, 36; Josue Ramos Tenorio, 48, and Maciel Bruno de Andrade Costa, 35. A seventh victim, Elizeu Santos da Silva, 47, was pronounced dead later.
According to Police Lt. Romening dos Santos Silva, the gunmen, Edgar Ricardo de Oliveira, 30, and Ezequias Souza Ribeiro, 27, went to get more money after losing the first game but lost again later. They then went on a deadly rampage after being mocked.
Edgar Ricardo de Oliveira surrendered himself to police on Thursday morning and confessed to the crimes. At the same time, Ezequias Souza Ribeiro went on the run after executing a group of people who laughed at him when he lost around 4,000 reais (£640) playing at a bar in Sinop.
He was found in a wooded area about nine miles (15km) from the city of Cuiabá, where he died in a confrontation with the police after being shot and taken to a regional hospital.
The police moved quickly to recover the shotgun used in the massacre and the truck used to flee on Wednesday. The lawyer for surviving assailant Edgar Ricardo de Oliveira said he would report to the police on the same day.
Delegate of the Civil Police, Braulio Junqueira, explained that Oliveira had played a pool game against one of the victims on Tuesday morning.
In the afternoon, he returned with Ezequiel and challenged the man for a second time but lost again, prompting bystanders to laugh. The humiliation and refusal to pay up caused the pair to snap and massacre almost everybody present.
The incident shocked the nation and left the relatives of the victims devastated. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his condolences on Twitter, saying, “I express my condolences to the families of the victims of this barbaric and inexplicable crime. The government will spare no effort to bring those responsible to justice and alleviate the pain of the families affected.”
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