The Public Prosecutor in Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Santos de Oliveira Benones, coordinator of the External Control of Police Activity, initiated a criminal investigative procedure to investigate the reasons that led three federal highway police officers to shoot several times at a car with five people from the same family , on Rodovia Washington Luís (BR-040), on Christmas Eve.
. Juliana’s father, Alexandre Rangel, suffered an injury to his hand.
In this measure, the prosecutor determines that the Federal Police (PF) will be in charge of the investigations and that the Federal Highway Police (PRF) will provide the identification of the agents involved in the case and the identification of the perpetrators of the shots at the family car.
Benones also ordered the immediate removal from policing duties of the agents involved, in addition to the collection and safekeeping of weapons, of any caliber or range in the possession of road agents, regardless of whether they were used or not to carry out technical expertise. He also wants to know whether the PRF provided assistance to the victims and their families and what type of assistance was provided.
Benones also ordered the MPF police to carry out investigations at the Adão Pereira Nunes Hospital, in Duque de Caxias, where Juliana is hospitalized, to determine the victim’s health status, with a medical statement, and the identity of the team responsible for monitoring the victim’s treatment. patient.
Benones also sent a letter to the Juiz de Fora-Rio Bus Concessionaire (Concer) requesting images from the night of the 24th, between 8pm and 10pm.
