Neguinho da Beija-Flor’s grandson dies after being shot at a funk dance in Rio

Gabriel Ribeiro Marcondes, 20, the grandson of samba player Neguinho da Beija-Flor, died yesterday morning after he and three other men were shot at a ball. funk which took place in Morro da Bacia, in the district of Miguel Couto. The party participants exchanged shots with the police, who said the event was not authorized.

Gabriel was helped by policemen from 20 BPM (Nova Iguaçu) to the Hospital da Posse, but he did not resist.

Wanted, the prime minister reported that military police from the Mosque Battalion were patrolling the neighborhood Ambaí, in Nova Iguaçu, when they received a report about an unauthorized act that began to block a street. During the movement of the vehicle, the police tried to approach two men on a motorcycle on Henrique Duque Estrada Avenue. Meyer, but the couple fled to the event.

In the designated place, the teams were received with firearms and there was a reaction. After the situation ended, four people were injured and a 9 mm caliber pistol, two 38 caliber revolvers, two grenades, ammunition, one was seized. Rifle replica, three radio communicators and drugs. The wounded were rescued at the General Hospital of Nova Iguaçu ”.

The case was registered at the regional police station.

Three dead and one wounded

The four affected men, including Gabriel, were admitted to the hospital. Three of them arrived dead at the unit and were sent to the IML (Medical Legal Institute) for recognition.

The second man who was shot was identified as Matheus da Silva Gomes. There is still no information on the third victim affected.

Rogério Bezerra, 20, underwent an abdominal operation and is detained, according to information from the city of Nova Iguaçu.

“I wanted to know a little,” says Neguinho.

For TV Globo, Neguinho da Beija-Flor only said that Marcondes was at a funk dance when he was shot and that he did not want to know what happened.

“I wanted to know little. I just found out that you went to pitch a tent there. I don’t know what happened,” Neguinho said.

On social media, the samba school that belongs to the Rio Special Group regretted what happened.

Like a samba school that collectively acts like a family, the blue and white warmly welcomes the musician and those, like Neguinho, who experience the grief and pain of this unexpected and premature parting. Our association hopes that the circumstances of the episode that Gabriel victimized to clarify and express the desire for better days for the citizens of Baixada Fluminense ”.