Police open investigation into shooter's access to father's weapons.

Andreia Verdélio, Agência Brasil - The Military Police Inspectorate of Espírito Santo opened, today (28), an administrative procedure to investigate the circumstances in which the 16-year-old teenager had access to his father's weapons to carry out the attack on two schools in the district of Coqueiral, in Aracruz, on the morning of Friday (25). He is the son of a military police officer and used two weapons under his father's responsibility, a .38 caliber revolver owned privately, and a .40 caliber pistol belonging to the Military Police. 

The Civil Police are also investigating the parents' conduct or omission regarding the shooter's actions. They will be questioned today. The teenager was apprehended and informed the police that whenever he had the opportunity to be alone at home, he handled his father's weapons.

In a press conference this Monday morning, police authorities reported that the weapons were hidden in the teenager's parents' bedroom, one of them locked. After the attacks, the young man returned home, put the weapons back in the same place, and pretended nothing had happened until the police arrived. 

The attacks occurred at the Primo Bitti State School and the Praia de Coqueiral Educational Center, a private school. According to the police, the shooter chose the locations because of their proximity to his home.

>>> Shooting attack at two schools leaves three dead and nine injured in Aracruz, Espírito Santo. 

During the attack, the teenager was wearing Nazi symbols. Similar content was also found on his cell phone. According to investigations, although the shooter sympathized with Nazi ideas, there is no confirmation that he was part of any organized group. He told police that he planned the attack because he was being bullied. The young man was considered introverted, was undergoing psychiatric and psychological treatment, and had dropped out of school 6 months prior. 

The Secretary of Public Security and Social Defense of Espírito Santo, Marcio Celante, emphasized that it was an isolated incident and asked the population to remain calm. "We managed to apprehend the teenager who committed the crime, the investigations are progressing, we ask the population to remain calm and trust in the security forces," he said. 

Victims

Four people died in the attack: three teachers and a 12-year-old student. A total of 16 victims were treated, with three deaths at the scene of the attack: two teachers and the student. 

The Health Department of Espírito Santo reported that five people remain hospitalized. They are being treated at three hospitals in the state network.

Two teachers, aged 45 and 52, are in serious condition in the ICU of the Dr. Jayme dos Santos Neves State Hospital in Serra. Another teacher, aged 58, is being treated in Vitória, at the São Lucas State Emergency Hospital. Her condition is stable and she is awaiting improvement of wounds on her lower limb before undergoing further surgery. 

>>> School shooter in Aracruz used his father's weapons, a military police officer, in the attack. 

Also in the capital of Espírito Santo, two students remain hospitalized at the Nossa Senhora da Glória State Children's Hospital. According to the secretariat, an 11-year-old boy who was in serious condition has improved to stable and has been transferred to a semi-intensive care unit. A 14-year-old girl remains intubated in the ICU, and her health condition is very serious.

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