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17-year-old boy dies after being shot during police chase in Quissamã

Alejandro Cruz dos Santos, 17 years old Social Media The Civil Police opened an investigation to investigate the death of Alejandro Cruz dos Santos, 17 years old, and also to investigate the conduct of the military...

17-year-old boy dies after being shot during police chase in Quissamã
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Alejandro Cruz dos Santos, 17 years old Social Media The Civil Police opened an investigation to investigate the death of Alejandro Cruz dos Santos, 17 years old, and also to investigate the conduct of the military police officers involved in the incident recorded on Tuesday (3), in the Sítio Quissamã neighborhood, in Quissamã, in the North of Fluminense. The teenager had been admitted to the Macaé Public Hospital since the day of the incident and died in the early hours of Thursday (6). The body was sent to the Legal Medical Institute (IML) of Macaé and released for burial on Thursday. According to the Civil Police, medical reports confirmed that Alejandro was shot. The investigation seeks to clarify the circumstances under which the shooting occurred during the police chase. ? Follow the g1 Norte Fluminense channel on WhatsApp.

In a statement, the Military Police reported that the officers observed that the young man "put his hand on his waist and displayed behavior that indicated the possibility of drawing a firearm." After the incident, residents were outraged and there was commotion in the area. According to delegate Raul Morgado, Alejandro was appointed as the manager of drug trafficking in the locality. Still according to the delegate, he had an arrest warrant for drug trafficking and association for drug trafficking, in addition to several convictions for crimes such as torture and robbery. g1 contacted the Military Police again to comment on the opening of the investigation that will investigate the conduct of the agents involved in the incident. Until the last update of this report, there was no response.

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