Douglas Alves da Silva, 26, was arrested on Sunday night (age 30), accused of running over and dragging his 31-year-old ex-girlfriend across Sao Paulo.
The Public Security Secretariat said in a statement that civil police officers from Serco (Specialized Center for the Suppression of Miscellaneous Crimes and Events) of the Fourth Division and the 90th Police arrested Douglas, at around 8:40 pm on Sunday, at a hotel in Vila Prudente, eastern district of São Paulo.
After being towed to Marginal Tete by car, Tainara Sousa Santos had both of her legs amputated, required a blood transfusion and was intubated.
The report was able to access the incident, which describes that at the time of the arrest, the attacker responded and tried to take the weapon from the policemen. For this reason, according to the authorities, shots were fired, hitting the man’s arm.
Douglas’ defense could not be reached for comment.
The case investigator used techniques to stabilize the man, who stopped resisting. He was taken to the municipal hospital, and after leaving the hospital, he was transferred to the police station. It is now at the disposal of justice and the files must be sent to DP 73 (Jaçana).
The investigation leading to the arrest of the suspect was monitored by Police Chief Osvaldo Nico Gonçalves, who was announced by the administration of Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) as the new Secretary of Public Security. the Bound Nico stated that he was affected by the brutality of the attack.
Niko on Sunday celebrated arrests in two high-profile cases. In addition to the hit-and-run incident, two suspects involved in the murder of a hairdresser in Alto de Pinheiro last week were arrested.
The case
Douglas Tainara was run over on Saturday morning (29) in Parque Novo Mundo, north of São Paulo. He hit her with a black Golf on a street giving access to the Tete seafront and continued driving even with her body pinned to the car.
Surveillance cameras recorded the collision. Drivers nearby also filmed the car with the woman’s body being dragged along part of Tete’s seafront.
After the collision, military police used images from security cameras and radar data in the area to identify the suspect. The police arrived at what would have been his address, but he was not there.
According to the police report, the collision occurred near a bar, and people who were there witnessed the entire incident.
An employee of the institution told the police that the driver acted intentionally, running over the victim and running over her.
When the woman was already under the car, the driver had pulled the handbrake and made sudden movements with the car.