Campinas Cathedral shooting | |
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Location | Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Campinas, Brazil |
Coordinates | 22°54′22″S 47°03′38″W / 22.906°S 47.0606°W / -22.906; -47.0606 |
Date | 11 December 2018; 5 years ago (2018-12-11) Around 13:25 (BRST (UTC-2)) |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder-suicide |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 4 |
Perpetrator | Euler Fernando Grandolpho |
On 11 December 2018, a gunman opened fire in the Metropolitan Cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas, São Paulo, killing five people and wounding four more.[1] The event was reported by multiple news outlets.[2][3]
The shooter entered the cathedral around 13:25 BRST (15:25 GMT).[1] The officiating priest had left the cathedral prior to the attack and the suspect was not recognized by any of the church officials.[4] The suspect entered the church while the Mass was still underway and sat in the back and watched the service for a while, before he began to fire his weapon.[5] He killed four worshippers and injured another four.[6] Police in the plaza outside of the church responded to the gunshots, and the gunman was hit in the side by police, before he committed suicide.[6]
One day after the massacre, another victim had succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, and the fifth victim of this massacre was revealed, Heleno Severo Alves, 84 years old.[7]
The incident was documented on the surveillance footage from inside the cathedral and allowed the police to review the timeline of the incident.[8]
The five victims of the massacre were all men between the ages of 38 and 84. The five victims of the massacre are (in order of age):
Police released the name of the perpetrator as Euler Fernando Grandolpho, a 49-year-old systems analyst with no known criminal record.[6]
A Mass was held in the cathedral the day after the incident to honor the victims with Father Rafael Capelato stating; "We know that you, family members, are crying - and so are we."[10]
Campinas Mayor Jonas Donizetti declared three days of mourning in the city and used Twitter to express his condolences and horror about the crime.[11]