Rio - Retired Military Police corporal and former secretary of Public Order of Belford Roxo, 50-year-old Robenilson Vasques Fernandes, was shot dead on Sunday morning when he left the market, in Nilópolis, Baixada Fluminense. In the action, a woman ended up being hit by one of the shots. The Baixada Fluminense Homicide Police (DHBF) will investigate the case.

The case took place at Estrada Antônio José Bittencourt, Centro, at around 10 am. MPs from the 20th BPM (Mosque) were called to the scene and found that Fernandes went to the market with his wife to shop and, upon leaving, he was shot at by the occupants of a car that passed by shooting him several times.

The military did not resist the injuries and died on the spot. In action, a woman also ended up being shot in the right leg. She was taken to the Hospital Geral de Nova Iguaçu, where she was seen and is being evaluated by orthopedists at the health unit.

According to the PMs, the criminals took nothing from the victims.

In a statement, the corporation reported that "team from the 20th BPM (Mosque) was called to verify an occurrence of homicide in front of a commercial establishment in Nilópolis. On the spot, the fact was found, with the victim being a retired military policeman, hit by gunfire firearms made by occupants of a car passing by. The military policeman died at the scene. Another victim was shot and rescued at the General Hospital of Nova Iguaçu. The scene of the crime was isolated and the Police Station in Homicide in the Baixada Fluminense was sued".