Campinas Cathedral shooting
2018 attack in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.[3] The event was reported by multiple news outlets.[4][5]
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| Campinas Cathedral shooting | |
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  Campinas | |
| Location | Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Campinas, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22.906°S 47.0606°W |
| Date | 11 December 2018 Around 13:25 (BRST (UTC-2)) |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder-suicide |
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| Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 4 |
| Perpetrator | Euler Fernando Grandolpho |
The shooter entered the cathedral around 13:25 BRST (15:25 GMT).[3] The officiating priest had left the cathedral prior to the attack and the suspect was not recognized by any of the church officials.[6] 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.[7] He killed four worshippers and injured another four.[8] 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.[8]
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.[9]
The incident was documented on the surveillance footage from inside the cathedral and allowed the police to review the timeline of the incident.[10]
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):
- Cristofer Gonçalves dos Santos - 38 years old;
- Sidnei Vitor Monteiro - 39 years old (Note: Sidnei's mother was injured in the massacre);
- Elpídio Alves Coutinho - 67 years old;
- José Eudes Gonzaga Ferreira - 68 years old and;
- Heleno Severo Alves - 84 years old (Note: Heleno was a resident of Indaiatuba, a city close to Campinas).[11]
Police released the name of the perpetrator as Euler Fernando Grandolpho, a 49-year-old systems analyst with no known criminal record.[8]
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."[12]
Campinas Mayor Jonas Donizetti declared three days of mourning in the city and used Twitter to express his condolences and horror about the crime.[13]
- Campinas massacre (31 December 2016)
- Rio de Janeiro school shooting (7 April 2011)
- 2018 Strasbourg attack (11 December 2018), an unrelated attack which happened on the same day
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