Barcelos: went up to the roof, tried to kill his neighbor in two days. He is 83 years old

Arrested by the PJ, he is suspected of attempted murder with a firearm. The neighbor was building a house.

The Judiciary Police very often (PJ) announce arrests. It’s a practically daily routine.

What is not very common is what the PC itself did this Thursday, about an arrest made in Barcelona.

First of all, the age of the detained man: 83 years old. Then, the reasons for the arrest: suspected of possibly committing two crimes of qualified homicide (attempted) with the use of a firearm, two crimes of aggravated threat and one crime of possession of a prohibited weapon.

What did the man do? He tried to kill his neighbor who was building a house.

The two attempted murders occurred on May 9 and 14 last year. The suspect He climbed to the roof of his house and fired two shots each time at his neighbor. It didn’t kill because the projectiles started to centimeters from the head of the target.

On the second attempt, the suspect was detained by the National Republican Guard (GNR) of Barcelos. A long-barreled gun and ammunition of different types and calibers were seized.

During judicial interrogation, the suspect said he used a alarm gun; was subject to non-custodial coercive measures.

In two later situations – October 2025 and last week – the same man He went back up to the roof of his house and threatened his neighbor and his wife with death.

It is a “continuation of criminal activity and well-founded fears that the suspect could make another attempt on the lives of his neighbors”.

The suspect has register criminal: offenses against physical integrity, resulting in the death of a person, in France.

Now new search and seizure warrants have been requested and issued for the addresses and vehicles to which he had access, in Portugal.

They were seized three firearms, two shotguns and a rifle, as well as hundreds of ammunition of different types and calibers.

The detainee will be presented to the judicial authority, at the Judicial Court of Guimarães, “for the application of appropriate coercive measures”, concludes the PJ.