Serial killer Pedrinho Matador is shot dead in São Paulo.
He was on the sidewalk with a baby in his arms when a black car drove by with men shooting.
247 - Pedro Rodrigues Filho, known as Pedrinho Matador, convicted of dozens of murders, was murdered on Sunday morning (5), in Mogi das Cruzes, in Greater São Paulo. The information was confirmed by the Military Police and the Civil Police.
According to a relative, Pedrinho Matador was on the sidewalk with a baby when a black car drove by with men shooting. The child was not hit.
The police were called to the scene and learned that the black car had been abandoned. Pedrinho Matador was already dead when the police arrived. No one was arrested.
He was considered the country's biggest serial killer. His criminal record listed 71 homicides. He claimed to have killed more than 100 people. The murderer justified his crimes by saying he killed people he considered bad. Pedrinho Matador's first victim was the mayor of Santa Rita do Sapucaí, a city located in southern Minas Gerais, after his father was fired from the mayor's office, according to him, "without any rights."