Operations to try to find two suspects extended to several locations throughout the night. The fatal victim is a 44-year-old woman.
Authorities are looking for the man responsible for the shooting that this Friday left one dead and two injured in the Palácio do Gelo shopping center, in Viseu.
The police suspect that the shooter had the collaboration of another person and A manhunt is underway to try to find the two suspects.
During the night, authorities carried out operations in different parts of the city of Porto in an attempt to capture the shooter, but without success.
The police will already know the license plate and make of the getaway car. Several suspicious vehicles were followed and intercepted, but no arrests were made.
One person died and two were injured after a man opened fire inside the Palácio do Gelo shopping center this Friday afternoon.
One Video posted on social media shows the moment in which shots are fired, a victim is seen being hit and panic ensues. We warn about the violence in the images.
44-year-old woman died
There were members of the PSP, PJ, INEM, Sapadores de Viseu and Cruz Vermelha at the scene.
The fatal victim is a 44-year-old womanwho died after being transported to the Hospital de S. Teotónio, in Viseu.
The two injured are a 23-year-old woman, with injuries to her legs, and a 46-year-old man, injured in the hand. Both are hospitalized at the Tondela-Viseu Hospital Center.
At stake will have been a disagreement between families and the shooter will be an individual of gypsy ethnicity, the president of Viseu City Council told SIC. The mayor speaks at a discussion that started inside the shopping centerwith the shots already being taken outside.
“The information I have is about family feuds,” said Fernando Ruas.
PSP collected “all information” to identify “suspects”
In a statement, the PSP informs that it collected “all available information” with the aim of identifying the “suspects” who fled “in a car” even before the arrival of the agents to the location.
“The information available in relation to the escape vehicle was made known to the Republican National Guard”, the note reads.
The PSP also reports that “all preservation and management procedures for the crime scene were carried out”, with “other steps” now being followed, in coordination with the PJtogether with witnesses in order to determine the circumstances that led to the shooting.
