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A merchant who was passing by Rua Aires Saldanha, in Copacabana (south zone of Rio de Janeiro), died on Monday afternoon after being hit by a gas cylinder thrown through the window of an apartment on the 12th floor. who launched the boat was arrested.
According to the Military Police, the episode occurred around 4 in the afternoon, almost at the corner of Aires Saldanha and Djalma Ulrich streets. The two streets were partially blocked. An ambulance from the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) arrived at the scene, but the professionals found that the victim was already dead.
The accused of throwing the boat out the window is Venílson da Silva Souza, 33. According to the police, he has psychiatric problems. During the afternoon, Souza was in a relative’s apartment when he suffered an outbreak and began throwing objects out the window. First he threw part of a stove, which did not hit anyone. He then launched the boat, hitting the seller.
The name of the victim had not been released until 7:30 pm, but it was already known that he was an inhabitant of the Pavão-Pavãozinho favela who sold fruits and was known by the nickname of Tronco.
Military Police of the # 19 BPM arrested a man who threw a gas cylinder from the apartment of a building located on Rua Aíres Saldanha, in #Copacabana, striking the head of a passing person who died on the spot. The facts are being investigated. pic.twitter.com/WAVfKEIh5l
– @pmerj (@PMERJ) October 12, 2020
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