American is shot after robbery attempt in Botafogo
Man was followed by the bandits from Humaitá, where he withdrawn money
RIO - The American Brent Winter Giraud, 29, was shot in his left knee on the afternoon of Wednesday, after getting off a bus at the corner of St. Clement and Nelson Mandela, in Botafogo, not far from the 10th Precinct ( Botafogo). Giraud was reached when responding to a robbery committed by two men who were on a motorcycle. The pair of bandits went abroad from the branch of Banco Itau Street Humaitá in Humaitá. They wanted to apply the coup "saucy bank", but failed.
Giraud, who is married to a Brazilian and has a permanent visa in Brazil, was rescued by an ambulance from the Fire Department of Botafogo and taken to the Hospital Miguel Couto in Leblon, where he was operated and not at risk.
Victim suspected biker and returned
The American went to the bank with his wife and withdrew more than $ 10,000 in cash.Upon exiting the bank, he would have suspected a man on a motorcycle and therefore returned to the agency. He gave money to the woman and went away. Boarded the bus and was followed, this time by two men on the motorcycle, which was hidden by the board adhesives. Once down the collective Giraud, was approached by the pair. "He spends money once you dig in the bank," would have said one of the bikers, armed with a 9mm pistol. But according to the deputy commander of the 2nd Battalion (Botafogo), Lieutenant Colonel Alipio Bonfim, Giraud responded and grappled with the thief. The armed bandit then fired a shot point-blank in the left knee of the victim. They then fled. Witnesses said the robbers are a white man and one black.
Until the night of Wednesday, the American woman who has not yet been identified, had not appeared in the hospital or the police to provide information. Giraud, police said, was in Rio for about five years.
Cases of crime known as saucy bank have not been uncommon in Botafogo. On November 30, the law student at the Getulio Vargas Thevenard Lucas Gomes, 25, was shot in the belly while leaving a branch of Banco Itaú, in the neighborhood, with $ 15,000. He was approached by two gunmen on a motorcycle.
Manager of a taxi at Praia de Botafogo, Alex Santos witnessed the crime:
- The boy had entered the cab when the men arrived. What was jumped on the back and pulled the door was still open - he said.
In both cases, the police may have the assistance of camera images of the CET-Rio investigations.
Man was followed by the bandits from Humaitá, where he withdrawn money
RIO - The American Brent Winter Giraud, 29, was shot in his left knee on the afternoon of Wednesday, after getting off a bus at the corner of St. Clement and Nelson Mandela, in Botafogo, not far from the 10th Precinct ( Botafogo). Giraud was reached when responding to a robbery committed by two men who were on a motorcycle. The pair of bandits went abroad from the branch of Banco Itau Street Humaitá in Humaitá. They wanted to apply the coup "saucy bank", but failed.
Giraud, who is married to a Brazilian and has a permanent visa in Brazil, was rescued by an ambulance from the Fire Department of Botafogo and taken to the Hospital Miguel Couto in Leblon, where he was operated and not at risk.
Victim suspected biker and returned
The American went to the bank with his wife and withdrew more than $ 10,000 in cash.Upon exiting the bank, he would have suspected a man on a motorcycle and therefore returned to the agency. He gave money to the woman and went away. Boarded the bus and was followed, this time by two men on the motorcycle, which was hidden by the board adhesives. Once down the collective Giraud, was approached by the pair. "He spends money once you dig in the bank," would have said one of the bikers, armed with a 9mm pistol. But according to the deputy commander of the 2nd Battalion (Botafogo), Lieutenant Colonel Alipio Bonfim, Giraud responded and grappled with the thief. The armed bandit then fired a shot point-blank in the left knee of the victim. They then fled. Witnesses said the robbers are a white man and one black.
Until the night of Wednesday, the American woman who has not yet been identified, had not appeared in the hospital or the police to provide information. Giraud, police said, was in Rio for about five years.
Cases of crime known as saucy bank have not been uncommon in Botafogo. On November 30, the law student at the Getulio Vargas Thevenard Lucas Gomes, 25, was shot in the belly while leaving a branch of Banco Itaú, in the neighborhood, with $ 15,000. He was approached by two gunmen on a motorcycle.
Manager of a taxi at Praia de Botafogo, Alex Santos witnessed the crime:
- The boy had entered the cab when the men arrived. What was jumped on the back and pulled the door was still open - he said.
In both cases, the police may have the assistance of camera images of the CET-Rio investigations.
