A man killed four people and injured four others in a cathedral outside of Sao Paolo on Tuesday before killing himself in one of the worst mass shootings in Brazil’s recent history.
RIO DE JANEIRO — A man opened fire in a cathedral in southern Brazil after Mass on Tuesday, killing four people and wounding four more before taking a bullet in the ribs in a firefight with police and then shooting himself in the head, authorities said.
The shooting happened right after the midday service had ended at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Campinas, a city about 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Sao Paulo.
« It’s so sad, » said Wilson Cassante, a press officer with the archdiocese. « It’s hard to imagine the pain this has caused. »
Hours after paramedics were seen taking bodies and injured out of the church, authorities identified the shooter as 49-year-old Euler Fernando Grandolpho from Valinhos, a nearby city in the densely populated state of Sao Paulo.
