Luiz Henrique de Castro
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Luiz Henrique de Castro (March 16, 1993 - March 13, 2019) was a Brazilian man who, together with his friend, Guilherme Taucci Monteiro, killed five students and two school staff members at the Professor Raul Brasil State School in the Brazilian municipality of Suzano, São Paulo State. The pair also killed Monteiro's uncle. After the shooting, Taucci killed Luiz and committed suicide.
The Shooting edit
Taucci and Luiz arrived at Raul Brasil State School in a rented car around 9:30. Taucci entered first and after a few seconds he opened fire on students with a 38-caliber Taurus Model 85 revolver. The victims ran out and Taucci went after them, after approximately 16 seconds, Luiz entered the school with a backpack, a crossbow, a bow and a hatchet, he then proceeded to hit the victims shot by Taucci who were lying on the ground with the hatchet. then, a student named Rhyllary Barbosa dos Santos ran towards the gate and was grabbed by Luiz, and then they started to fight, Rhyllary Barbosa dos Santos luckily managed to break free and ran to open the gate, thus helping many students to escape, though Luiz repeatedly hit them with a hatchet as they ran, with the bladed weapon getting stuck in a student's shoulder as he fled. A canteen servant named Silmara Cristina de Moraes sheltered about 30 students in the canteen, barricading a freezer and refrigerator to prevent the killers from entering. After that, Guilherme left the school for a while but returned after realizing that the police were already there. Seeing himself cornered, Taucci killed Luiz and then killed himself.