Rio School Killings and Ceará Police Shooting Trigger Parallel Investigations

Overview

• At Rio’s Cefet-Maracanã, staff members Allane de Souza Pedrotti Matos and Layse Costa Pinheiro were fatally shot by colleague João Antônio Miranda Tello Gonçalves, who then killed himself, according to police.
• The Homicide Division (DHC) is taking statements and examining the suspect’s recent federal lawsuit alleging workplace harassment, which was closed without a ruling on the merits earlier this week.
• Colleagues described years of difficult behavior and say the suspect resisted female supervision, details investigators are treating as part of motive inquiries; the institution declared five days of official mourning starting Dec. 1.
• In Maracanaú (CE), motorcycle influencer Ruan Carlos (“Cearense do Grau”) died after a police pursuit in which the Military Police say they were fired upon and recovered a .38 revolver; relatives dispute that account.
• The influencer’s 16-year-old passenger was shot and remains hospitalized under escort, the CGD says it is monitoring the case, and a sister was detained for contempt at the hospital during a visit, according to police.