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| SAO PAULO – Gas station surveillance cameras on Wednesday recorded the moment when a gunman shot a man who was sitting in his car at the pump. Police say the crime has all the hallmarks of a contract killing as nothing was stolen and a robbery was not announced.
Shot to Death at Gas Station (Photo: G1 SP)
| GOIANIA, Brazil – A security camera video surfaced this week showing a 22-year-old junk car dealer being chased down and killed with 12 shots. Homicide detectives say they will request a copy of the video to aid in their investigation.
Gunned Down in Goiania Video G1 GO)
| SALVADOR, Brazil – Police in Pindobaçu, 400 km (249 miles) from Salvador, are seeking the arrest of those involved in the case of the hitman who faked his target's death. Police finished investigating the case last year but they didn't submit the application for arrest warrants to prosecutors until last Friday.
Catchup Lady and Hapless Hit Man (Photo: TV BA/G1 BA)
| SAO PAULO – A prison inmate on temporary leave for the New Year holiday was shot 11 times and survived on Friday afternoon, in Piracicaba, 159 km (99 miles) from Sao Paulo.
Illustration Only (Photo: amigosdaguardacivil.blogspot.com)
| PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Images from a CCTV security camera vividly show the cold-blooded murder of a businessman on Monday, in southern Brazil. The 51-year-old construction contractor was shot two times in the back, in the town of Feliz, Rio Grande do Sul, where he lived.
Businessman about to be murdered (Photo: RBS TV/G1 RS)
| PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul – A cold-blooded killer entered a hospital in southern Brazil Monday afternoon and—apparently guided by somebody on a cellphone—maneuvered himself to the room where a patient was recovering from a Saturday night shooting and executed the man, reported Diario Gaucho.
Dom João Becker Hospital (photo: Diario Gaucho)
PINDOBACU, Bahia – A woman, and the hitman hired to kill her, may now face larceny charges for conspiring to fake her own death. According to a police investigation, Iranildes Aguilar de Araujo, known as Lupita, received the equivalent of U.S. $127 from the would-be killer for staging photographs depicting her own death.
PORTO ALEGRE, Rio Grande do Sul - Police in Gaurama, 244 miles from the state capital, arrested 47 year old Genois Bortolosso in the death of his 18 year old daughter Ketlin Bortolosso. According to police, the man confessed to paying a hit-man R$500 reals ($310 USD) to kill her.
Ketlin Bortolosso (photo: arquivo1.com.br)
