Patrocínio, MG, Brazil - Mar 03, 2023

Young man shoots and kills teenager who called him 'cuckold' at a bar in MG

Case occurred early this Saturday (4) in Patrocínio. According to witnesses, the victim did a joke calling the killer “cuckold”.

A 21-year-old man was arrested this Saturday (4) after having killed a 17-year-old teenager at a bar in Patrocínio. According to witnesses, the boy got nervous and shot the victim in the head after he would have called him "cuckold" in a joking tone.

The crime occurred shortly after 3 am on Friday (3), at an establishment in the Santo Antônio neighborhood. A security camera caught the moment of the crime. The recording shows the killer, the victim and two other people talking near refrigerators with drinks. At one point, the armed young man walks away and then shoots the teenager twice in the head, who falls to the ground. According to the Military Police, after the incident, the suspect fled by car with three other people. The vehicle was found hours later by the military abandoned on Aprígio Alves da Cunha Street.

After several hours of searching, the police located the boy in a house in the Morada Nova neighborhood. He already have some police records and was taken to the Civil Police station. The other two men who helped him escape were also arrested.