Maicon Cosme Pereira de Souza, 39 years old, handed himself in this Wednesday (11). He is identified as responsible for the death of gas station attendant Arthur Gonçalves.
In July, Maicon had already been involved in another traffic dispute. On that occasion, he pointed a pistol at a civil police officer.
The crime occurred after Arthur's electric bicycle lightly touched Maicon's car, who chased and shot the worker.
The police located Maicon's vehicle and seized a 9 mm pistol. The car's bumper showed no collision marks.
Arthur worked as a gas station attendant and made deliveries on his days off. His partner declared that he "always loved working" to offer her the best.
Months before being named by the police as the perpetrator of the death of gas station attendant Arthur Andrew Caetano Gonçalves, aged 30, Maicon Cosme Pereira de Souza, aged 39, had already been involved in another traffic dispute in which, according to the testimony of a civil police officer, he pulled out a pistol and pointed the weapon at the agent.
The episode happened in July. According to the report provided by the police officer, Maicon closed his car during a traffic dispute. The agent stated that Maicon became very excited, cursed him and put part of his body out of the window.
Then, according to the testimony, Maicon pulled out a small pistol and pointed it at the police officer. The agent was also armed, but decided not to react.
Maicon handed himself in to the police this Wednesday (11). He is identified by the investigation as the man who chased and killed Arthur after the gas station attendant's electric bicycle lightly touched his car on Estrada dos Bandeirantes, in the West Zone of Rio.
Cameras recorded the moments leading up to Arthur's death. In the images, the gas station attendant appears on an electric bicycle behind a gray car that stops on the track. Arthur turns to greet someone and, distracted, lightly leans against the vehicle.
Maicon, according to the identification made by the police, gets out of the car and appears to say something. Arthur listens and continues on his way.
According to the investigation, Maicon goes after him in a car, beginning a chase recorded by cameras from Civitas, the Rio City Hall's intelligence and surveillance center.
Shortly afterwards, the car approaches the bicycle and Arthur is shot. Injured, he loses his balance and falls. The attendant died at the scene.
With the help of monitoring images, the police located the car at Maicon's house, in Vargem Pequena.
According to delegate Renato Martins, the team checked the rear bumper to see if there were any marks caused by contact with Arthur's bicycle, but did not find any scratches.
At Maicon's house, the police also seized a 9 mm pistol. The police chief stated that the reaction to the collision was disproportionate and classified the crime as barbaric. The investigation treats the case as intentional homicide and, according to Martins, with no possibility of defending the victim. Maicon is a partner in a car store in Praça Seca.
Arthur worked as a gas station attendant in Camorim and also made deliveries on his days off. He and Yasmin Cristina had been together for five months.
Yasmin said that her partner liked to work and agreed to make deliveries during his days off.
"When he had time off, the girl would ask him to make some deliveries. He always went because he always loved working."
The widow also said that Arthur tried to give her better things even if he had to give them up for himself.
“His cell phone might be the worst, but he always wanted me to have a better one.”
