| Fatalities: | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Time: | Around 13:25 |
| Timezone: | BRST (UTC-2) |
| Injuries: | 4 |
| Type: | Mass murder, mass shooting, murder-suicide |
| Perp: | Euler Fernando Grandolpho |
| Campinas Cathedral shooting | |
| Location: | Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Campinas, Brazil |
On 11 December 2018, a gunman opened fire in the Metropolitan Cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas, São Paulo, killing five people and wounding four more.[1] The event was reported by multiple news outlets.[2] [3]
The shooter entered the cathedral around 13:25 BRST (15:25 GMT). The officiating priest had left the cathedral prior to the attack and the suspect was not recognized by any of the church officials.[4] The suspect entered the church while the Mass was still underway and sat in the back and watched the service for a while, before he began to fire his weapon.[5] He killed four worshippers and injured another four. Police in the plaza outside of the church responded to the gunshots, and the gunman was hit in the side by police, before he committed suicide.
One day after the massacre, another victim had succumbed to his injuries at the hospital, and the fifth victim of this massacre was revealed, Heleno Severo Alves, 84 years old.[6]
The incident was documented on the surveillance footage from inside the cathedral and allowed the police to review the timeline of the incident.[7]
The five victims of the massacre were all men between the ages of 38 and 84. The five victims of the massacre are (in order of age):
Police released the name of the perpetrator as Euler Fernando Grandolpho, a 49-year-old systems analyst with no known criminal record.[9]
A Mass was held in the cathedral the day after the incident to honor the victims with Father Rafael Capelato stating; "We know that you, family members, are crying - and so are we."[10]
Campinas Mayor Jonas Donizetti declared three days of mourning in the city and used Twitter to express his condolences and horror about the crime.[11]