Sapopemba State School shooting

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Sapopemba State School shooting

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Sapopemba State School shooting
Shooter caught on surveillance moments before shooting the victim in the back of the head
Location	Sapopemba State School, Sapopemba, São Paulo, Brazil
Date	23 October 2023 c. 7:30 a.m.
Attack type	School shooting
Weapon	.38-caliber revolver
Deaths	1
Injured	3 (two by gunfire)
Accused	Lucas de oliveira Tuci

The Sapopemba State School shooting was a school shooting that occurred at the Sapopemba State School in the aforementioned neighbourhood of São Paulo, Brazil, on 23 October 2023. At about 7:30 in the morning, the gunman, a 16-year-old male student wearing his school uniform,^[1] shot three female students, one fatally.^[2] A fourth student sustained injures to his hand while attempting to escape from the school.^[3] The suspect then handed his revolver to a teacher before surrendering to the police.^[4]

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On the morning of October 23, a 16-year-old teenager entered the Sapopemba State School, in the Sapopemba neighborhood, São Paulo, in the east zone of the city, armed with a .38 caliber revolver, and shot three girls. One of them, Giovanna Bezerra, 17 years old, was shot in the back of the head and died in hospital. Another 3 people were injured, one while fleeing the scene. The teenager handed himself in to the Military Police after the attack.

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^ "Ataque em escola estadual de Sapopemba deixa uma aluna morta e 3 feridos, em São Paulo". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
^ "School shooting in Brazil's Sao Paulo leaves one student dead". Associated Press. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ Laforé, Bruno; Bernardes, Vinícius; Rigue, André; Vitoria, Dayres (23 October 2023). "Ataque com arma em escola na zona leste de São Paulo mata uma aluna e deixa três feridos". CNN Brasil. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
^ "Ataque em escola estadual de Sapopemba deixa uma aluna morta e 3 feridos, em São Paulo". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

School shootings outside of the United States

Prior to 2000

1910s	Bremen, Germany (20 Jun 1913)
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In media

Film and television	Panic High School (1978) Polytechnique (2009) School Killers (2011)
Literature	A World of Curiosities (2022)

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