“If I hadn’t left half an hour earlier, I would have died too,” says the Cefet employee

He pursued me, monitored my entry into school and the sector, and did not approve of the way I worked. He says: If I had not left half an hour before yesterday, I would have died too.

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According to the woman, the previous positions of the person accused of shooting, João Antonio Miranda Tello Ramos Gonçalves, were not directed only at her. She noted that the man had shown signs of emotional deterioration, isolation, and rigid behavior for years. But the behavior would have worsened in recent years:

— He became very strict, persecuting his colleagues and even his superiors. Everything was a reason – when they arrived at school, how hard they worked, pedagogical decisions – he says.

This case occurred in the Chivete Maracana unit, in the northern region of Rio. After shooting two of his co-workers, the man committed suicide. Teacher Alan de Souza Pedrotti Matos, who was shot in the head and shoulder, and school psychiatrist Liz Costa Pinheiro, who was shot in the head and chest, were taken to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, in central Rio, but they did not resist. The case is being investigated by the capital’s homicide police station.

The general administration of the school announced, in a memorandum, a period of official mourning for five days in the institution, starting from December 1, 2025.

The suspect claimed that he was subjected to moral harassment in court proceedings

After being suspected of killing two colleagues at the Federal Center for Technological Education (Cefet) and then himself, João Antonio Miranda Tello Ramos Gonçalves filed a lawsuit against the union four months ago seeking compensation for moral harassment at work. The Federal Court closed the case last Tuesday without ruling on the merits because it recognized that Cevit had administrative independence and the union should not be part of the lawsuit.

According to the decision, João Antonio said that he had been a government employee since 2014, and three years ago he was transferred to another sector against his will. He claimed that in the new sector, he “became a victim of administrative retaliation, by being relieved of his duties, excluded from decision-making spaces, and gradually isolated in the work environment, a situation that led to his mental health being jeopardized.”

The man was also suspended from his duties for 120 days, and upon his return to his position, he was sent to a third department.

“Undisputed medical reports and certificates indicate the deterioration of his health condition as a direct result of the work environment to which he is currently exposed, and his return to DIREN (Board of Education) or transfer to DIAPE/DEMET (Department of Educational Support) is not only a recommended measure, but a necessary and urgent measure to avoid irreversible damage to his mental health,” the man’s defense claimed in the lawsuit.

Alan, PhD and singer

Alain de Souza Pedrotti Matos received her PhD in Literature from PUC-RJ, with research in the field of applied linguistics, completed in 2020. Part of her PhD was in Denmark, at the University of Copenhagen, where she developed research and taught a bachelor’s course as a guest professor. This trial was funded by the Higher Education Staff Improvement Coordination (HEPs).

She graduated in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in 2006, and specialized in Psychokinesis from the Cándido Mendes University in 2008. She obtained a Master’s degree in Management Systems at the Federal University of Fluminense (UFF).

She currently works as a coordinator of the pedagogical and academic team of the Teaching Directorate of CEFET/RJ in coordination of vocational and technological education for secondary education, where she works with pedagogical and academic assistance. He was also Chairman of the General Committee for Sustainability and Success and was a member and coordinator of all Maracana Unit Study and Implementation Committees for Technical Vocational Education for Secondary Level (EPTNM) and other management committees, in addition to being a member of the Heterogeneous Identity Committee (CHET).

Outside of the academic world, Alan has had an active life in music. She was a singer, songwriter, and tambourine player. He was part of the Quilombo Urbano Group, which appeared at the Renascença Clube, in Andaraí. On social media, the artist used to share videos of the stage. His last post on Instagram Stories was on Friday morning: “Great Friday with this poetry,” he wrote of a video in which he sang Caetano Veloso’s “Queixa.”

Liz, first place in the competition, is passionate about music and dance

Layse Costa Pinheiro, a federal public servant in Cefet-RJ, took first place in the competition held in 2014 for the position of psychiatrist.

She worked in the field of people management between 2014 and 2017 and in the field of school psychology from November 2017.

She graduated in Psychology from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Uerj) in 2013, specializing in People Management at Faculdade Internacional Signorelli, and completed the course in 2019.

The professional held an incomplete master’s degree (interrupted in December 2017) in the graduate program in Social Psychology at UERJ, and placed first in the 2016 selection.