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Shooting instructor shot and girlfriend killed during fight in São Paulo.

The Civil Police suspect that the case may qualify as femicide.

Paulo Bilynskyj and Priscila Delgado de Barros (Photo: Press Release)

247 - São Paulo Civil Police delegate and shooting instructor Paulo Bilynskyj, 33, was found shot dead this Wednesday (20) in an apartment in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo. A woman, identified as Priscila Delgado de Barros, 27, was found dead at the scene, also with a gunshot wound.

Civil Police believe a fight between the couple may have caused the shooting. Investigators suspect femicide. The hypothesis that the woman tried to kill the police officer and that Bilynskyj tried to defend himself is also not ruled out.

In a video, released by UOLIn a recording made by a colleague at the hospital, Paulo Bilynskyj says that the woman shot him six times and then killed herself.

Colleagues of the police officer reported that he is in the ICU, but in stable condition.