Manslaughter Defendant Killed Off Camera after Shooting Judge
GT: The judge of Law Carlos Eduardo de Moraes Filho was shot this Monday, 1st, in the premises of the Vila Rica / MT Forum. Military policemen who did security at the scene reacted to the attack and fired on the criminal, who died on the spot.
The suspect would have entered the forum and approached the magistrate's office, which had just closed a custody hearing. According to the TJ / MT, the man would have removed the gun and threatened a prosecutor when the judge intervened in the situation and went into a corporal struggle with the man when the firing hit the magistrate's shoulder.
The man was a defendant in a felony manslaughter action and, according to preliminary information, was pressuring the judge to have the popular jury on the case be speeded up. Security cameras recorded what happened.
The judge was referred to a health unit in the region and then referred to a hospital in Palmas / TO to undergo surgery for the removal of the bullet. The magistrate's state of health is stable.
According to the TJ / MT, the president of the Court, Judge Rui Ramos Ribeiro, should go to the city of Vila Rica on Tuesday, 2, to follow the case and evaluate the measures to be taken to implement the security of the forum of the municipality. According to the Court, the physical integrity of magistrates, servants, legal operators and users of justice is an intense concern of the Judiciary Power of Mato Grosso that seeks the constant improvement of the security system in all units of the Judiciary.