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Gospel singer Eunice Veiga, 59, died after being hit by a stray bullet in the neck when she was in the kitchen of her home yesterday afternoon in the Amendoeira neighborhood, in São Gonçalo, in the metropolitan area of River. Residents lived with shootings, which have escalated in the past three weeks due to a dispute over control of drug trafficking between rival factions.
The case occurred nine days after the deaths of cousins Emily Victória and Rebecca Beatriz, 4 and 7 years old, shot while playing in front of the door of the house in a community in Duque de Caxias (RJ). In video made at the request of the Twitter, the girls’ family showed the place where the shots came from and accused the PM, who denies having fired.
My mother reported that these shootings always happened. Last week he managed to drop to the ground. This time there was no time
Pablo Veiga, lawyer, son of Eunice
Eunice was making coffee when they hit her. Her daughter, who was in the room, heard the noise and helped her. She was then transferred to the Alberto Torres State Hospital, in the Colubandê neighborhood, also in São Gonçalo, but she could not resist the injuries. The body of Eunice Veiga, who left five children and six grandchildren, will be buried later today in the Parque da Paz cemetery, in the same municipality.
The Niterói, São Gonçalo and Itaboraí Homicide Police Station (DHNSG) went to the place where Eunice was shot to identify the origin of the shooting with the help of experts. Investigators are now trying to identify the author of the shooting. In a statement, the prime minister said it was called after the victim was taken to hospital.
‘It was once a quiet neighborhood,’ says son
Law student Davi Veiga, 26, one of Eunice’s sons, last saw his mother yesterday morning at the door, hours before her death. He was on the back of a friend’s motorcycle and heard the recommendation that he put on his helmet. Then he blew a kiss and said, “Go with God, my son.”
Davi, who spent his entire childhood in the house where his mother was murdered, complains of the violence caused by the territorial dispute between rival factions in the region.
It was once a quiet neighborhood to live in. But it has become a dangerous place in recent years. We hear shots. My mother sent a message saying she was having a shooting. She was worried when we were away from home
Davi Veiga, Eunice’s son
Eunice supported her children with the salary she received as a lunch box in a municipal school in São Gonçalo. But he had a health problem and he retired about ten years ago. Since then, she began to dedicate herself to the Lagoinha Baptist Church, in Niterói, where she was a missionary and singer. Before he was shot, he was preparing to attend an event at the scene.
“I feel powerless. The feeling is one of rebellion, but also one of comfort. I understand that she went into the arms of God himself. She is in a better place,” David consoles himself.
