The Brazilian businessman Antonio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach (43) was shot dead this Friday afternoon at Guarulhos International Airport, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The attack was captured by security cameras and three more were injured.
The attack on Lopes Gritzbach was in the vehicle waiting area and by two hooded men, who got out of a black car. The weapons used, according to first police reports, include a 5.56 caliber rifle and another 7.62 caliber rifle.
The attackers fled in a vehicle Black Volkswagen Golwhich was abandoned and later recovered by agents of the Military Police Shock Battalion in the Otávio Braga de Mesquita Avenuenear the airport.
The attack on the Brazilian businessman at the Guarulhos International Airport
Gritzbach’s body had at least four visible perforationsalthough the exact number of injuries must be determined in forensic reports. He Department of Homicide and Personal Protection (DHPP) an investigation has already begun.
Three other people were injured in the attack, according to authorities. One of them was treated in the same airport for minor injuries caused by shrapnel, while another was referred to the Guarulhos Hospital for a hand injury.
The third victim is in serious condition. The identities of the injured were not revealed, and the Brazilian press assures that none of them had a relationship with the businessman.
The Security Secretariat of San Pablo reinforced surveillance in the area with the support of the local police and the Shock Battalion. For its part, the concessionaire GRU Airportwhich manages the Guarulhos airport, noted that “the police were activated immediately, as was the airport’s medical team.”
who was Antonio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach
Antonio Vinícius Lopes Gritzbach He had been collaborating with justice since March of this yearafter an agreement with the Public Ministry of San Pablo (MP-SP). There he had begun to reveal details about alleged money laundering schemes.
The activity was linked to First Capital Command (PCC)the largest criminal organization in Brazil. Possible cases of extortion with civil police from San Pablo involved were also considered.
This collaboration with the authorities allegedly made him a target of the PCCaccording to sources from the Prosecutor’s Office. Before his collaboration with justice, Gritzbach would have held a position of influence within some cells of the PCC.
According to the MP-SP, Gritzbach ordered the murders of two members of the organization: Anselmo Becheli Saint Faustaalias “Cara Preta”, and Antonio Corona Netonicknamed “Sem Sangue”.
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