Three men are killed at a birthday party after one of them posts a photo with a gun in MA

The victims were identified as Rubenilson Couto da Silva, Felipe Gabriel Silva de Jesus and João Vitor de Sousa Nunes. Rubenilson and Felipe died at the scene.

João Vitor was rescued by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) and taken to a hospital, but he did not survive his injuries.

According to police, around 12 people were attending the party when a group of six to eight armed men invaded the place. The criminals were looking for a weapon that had appeared in a photo published on social media by one of the participants, later identified as one of the victims.

According to police, the men attacked and threatened the guests, demanding that they hand over the weapon. The participants denied that there were any weapons at the scene.

During the confusion, three participants got into a physical fight with members of the criminal group. A few minutes later, other armed men arrived at the establishment and shot the three victims.

According to the police, Rubenilson Couto da Silva was a member of a criminal faction that operates in Imperatriz and had participated in a shooting attack recorded on May 16 of this year, in the Parque São José neighborhood.

On that occasion, according to investigations, Rubenilson and other members of the criminal group kidnapped an app driver and used the victim's vehicle to go to a car wash.

At the establishment, the criminals shot five people. One of them, a young man who, according to the police, was not involved in criminal activities, died.