A Brazil bank robbery that took place earlier this week ended in death for the suspects, and the entire ordeal was captured on CCTV.
Watch: Deadly Brazil bank robbery caught on CCTV
Footage of the shocking events that unfolded inside a financial agency in São Mateus do Maranhão, a city situated in the northern region of Brazil will be crucial in aiding authorities with the investigation.
For one, Brazilian police will want to establish the culpability of the female bank employee that was caught on camera casually walking away before the man who sat at her desk got up and launched an attack on an armed security guard.
Things didn’t work out quite well for the gunman, identified by Brazilian media reporters as Nilton César Silva Aguiar. Before he could stun the security guard with a fatal shot, Aguiar was shot somewhere between his neck and head.
His accomplice, an unidentified male, turned to the exit and left Aguiar, who was bleeding profusely, behind. The gunman spent the last bits of energy he had shooting wildly at the security guard, who did his best to duck behind a row of desks and dashed toward the staff room.
Aguiar tried to exit the bank but, by then, he’d lost too much blood, and so, he collapsed in one of the revolving doors.
In a statement released after the incident, the Civil Police of Maranhão confirmed Aguiar was one of 10 fugitives who escaped from a prison facility in the northeast Brazilian city of Teresina, back in April 2022.
It’s believed Aguiar was part of a kidnapping syndicate. The security guard sustained a gunshot wound to his arm and was immediately treated at a nearby healthcare facility.
The CCTV footage of the gory encounter surfaced on social media and you can watch it below.
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