Authorities remove bodies from Brazil cathedral
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(11 Dec 2018) A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four and leaving four others injured before taking a bullet in the ribs in a firefight with police and then shooting himself in the head, authorities said. Paramedic workers carried the bodies of those killed in the incident out of the cathedral in metal containers and placed them inside a forensics vehicle as people watched from behind yellow police tape. The mass shooting happened right after the midday service had ended at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, a city about 60 miles (100 kilometres) north of Sao Paulo. Hours after paramedics were seen taking bodies and injured victims out of the church, authorities identified the shooter as 49-year-old Euler Fernando Grandolpho of Valinhos, a nearby city in the densely populated state of Sao Paulo. Authorities said they had not identified a motive. A backpack found near the dead gunman had his identification but no note or other clues, according to police. Brazil has long struggled with gun violence, and is routinely the world leader in total homicides, though mass shootings are rare. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/77700e01b7ec8c3c32a1963b961887e0
