Fighter arrested after attacking neighbors threw at least 30 punches and rear-naked choke on a woman in Tijuca

Lucas Portela Fontana Gomes was arrested for attacking 2 neighbors in Tijuca this Thursday (5). He is being investigated for attempted femicide.

Lucas broke into the apartment of a 66-year-old neighbor after complaining about noise. There, he attacked the elderly woman.

A 40-year-old neighbor tried to help and ended up being attacked in the elevator. She suffered at least 30 punches and 1 rear naked choke.

The following morning, military police shot the suspect in the leg after he resisted arrest. Lucas was immobilized with 1 stun gun.

The woman who was attacked by a jiu-jitsu fighter inside an elevator in a condominium in Tijuca, North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, was hit by at least 30 punches, in the early hours of this Thursday (5).

Lucas Portela Fontana Gomes was arrested for attacking at least 2 neighbors and is charged with attempted feminicide. An elevator security camera recorded the moment the woman was beaten.

According to reports gathered in the investigation, at around 1 am Lucas Portela Fontana Gomes broke into a neighbor's apartment on the 3rd floor after they complained about the noise at his property and attacked a 66-year-old woman. Her relatives managed to leave the place and went to the entrance to ask for help.

A 40-year-old neighbor on the second floor heard the screams and calls for help and also went down to the ground floor. “He’s with my grandmother!”, a young man told him.

She then went up to the 3rd floor to check what was happening. When he arrived, he found Lucas already at the elevator door. Dogs that were loose in the hallway enter the cabin.

Lucas, barefoot and shirtless, demands that his neighbor kneel down. Then, give a kick. “Don’t you hit me!” asks the woman.

The attacker ignores the plea and begins a brutal sequence of punches and elbows. The victim, in vain, tries to protect himself with his hands. The elevator goes down to the ground floor, but no one comes to help.

The attacks continue: Lucas corners his neighbor in the elevator and starts pushing her head against a wall. Then, from behind, he strangles her with a “rear naked choke” and takes her to the ground.

The woman has difficulty breathing. Lucas releases her, lying on the floor, and starts punching her in the face, leaning on his knees on the victim's chest. Dogs try to stop aggression.

The criminal still grabs her by the neck and slams her head on the floor several times. Lucas then leaves the elevator and walks through the lobby, shouting.

Bloodied and having difficulty getting up, the woman gets out of the elevator, leaves the building and takes shelter in a nearby gas station.

Lucas goes back up to the 3rd floor.

In the morning, military police from the 6th BPM (Tijuca) and agents from the Municipal Guard were called. According to the case record, Lucas reacted to the approach and tried to grab a police officer's gun.

The police shot him in the legs. According to the record, even though he was injured, Lucas resisted arrest and tried to climb the stairs. He was immobilized after using a stun gun.

The case is investigated by the 18th DP. Lucas remains arrested and at the disposal of Justice.

The victims were taken to the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital. The elderly woman remained hospitalized in stable condition, and the woman attacked in the elevator was discharged.