Police pursuit in São Paulo's South Zone leaves one dead and one injured
One suspect died and another was shot in the head following a police pursuit in Bosque da Saúde and Heliópolis, in the South Zone of São Paulo, on Friday (9).
Suspect dead and another injured following 3 km pursuit in South Zone of SP
According to reports from g1.globo.com, one suspect died and another was injured following a police pursuit that covered more than 3 km between the neighbourhoods of Bosque da Saúde and Heliópolis, in the South Zone of São Paulo, on Friday evening (9).
At around 20:30, the Military Police (PM) were called to respond to an attempted residential robbery on Rua Francisco Dias, in Bosque da Saúde. At the scene, officers identified a grey vehicle with three men. One of them was armed, according to the police force.
During the attempted stop, the suspects fled by car. The pursuit ended on Rua Mário Teixeira, in Vila Heliópolis, where the suspects fired at the police, who returned fire.
Two of the suspects were shot in the head and taken to Heliópolis Hospital. One of them did not survive and died. The second was admitted to the same hospital, but his state of health was unknown at the time of the report's last update. The third suspect managed to escape.
The Public Security Secretariat (SSP) had not made any statement by the time of publication.
Source: Google News BR — São Paulo