On the night of December 31, 2023, to January 1, 2024, a party was taking place in a building on Rietbaan in Capelle aan den IJssel. Around 6:30 AM, the police received a report of a shooting incident. A 27-year-old man was shot dead. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) has today demanded prison sentences of up to 20 years against three men aged 30, 30, and 27 who are said to be involved in this incident.
After the deadly incident, the police began a large-scale investigation. Witnesses were interviewed and CCTV footage was reviewed. The footage shows a man leaving the party around 6:00 AM, making contact with someone in a parked BMW, and returning to the party after a few minutes. He then seems to show something to bystanders at his right hip.
A few minutes later, the victim goes outside and drives past the 30-year-old man, who has also gone outside. When the victim drives past for the second time, the man walks to the victims Range Rover and starts shooting. This man is quickly recognized. He is a 30-year-old man born in Brazil. After the incident, he gets into a car with the engine running and drives away with the driver, who can also be quickly identified. Two days later, the murder suspect is in Morocco and ultimately flees to his home country, Brazil.
Murder from 2019
Just before the shooting incident, the victim was in contact with an inmate who was convicted for a deadly shooting incident in 2019. The man who was killed is an acquaintance of the 30-year-old Brazilian who is on trial today. The murder from 2019 is a possible motive for the incident on January 1, 2024. This is also evident from statements and conversations that have been tapped.
The Most Precious Taken Away
“A 27-year-old man lost his life in the early morning, likely due to a long-standing conflict that has already claimed a deadly victim. The shooter has taken away his most precious possession, namely his life, and has plunged his family and friends into deep mourning,” the public prosecutor stated during the hearing. A 20-year prison sentence has been demanded for murder against him.
According to the OM, it is certain that the driver, a 27-year-old man, was aware of the plans. If it is up to the OM, he will serve 5 years in prison for complicity in murder. Against the man in the BMW who allegedly supplied the weapon, 30 months of imprisonment has been demanded, of which 10 months are conditional.