Draft:2003 Belo Horizonte school shooting
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Comment: Unfortunately doesn't meet WP:LASTING as far as I can tell. Scaledish! Talkish? Statish.18:21, 8 July 2025 (UTC)- Comment: This isn't a notable topic, per WP:NOTNEWS. Well sourced content from the draft could be briefly summarized in the various school articles. 4.37.252.50 (talk) 02:24, 9 July 2025 (UTC)
The 2003 Belo Horizonte school shooting was a gang-related school shooting that occurred on February 17, 2003, when 16-year-old student Warley Pinto was shot by gunmen before Pinto was shot and later injured three other students inside the Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo State School (in Portuguese: Escola Estadual Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo), in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. One of the injured students died 6 days later in the hospital.[1][2]
| 2003 Belo Horizonte school shooting | |
|---|---|
  Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte (Brazil) | |
| Location | Escola Estadual Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo, Nova Granada, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 19°57′27″S 44°00′15″W / 19.9575°S 44.0041°W |
| Date | 17 February 2003; 22 years ago 7:00 a. m. (BRST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, school shooting |
| Weapon | .38-caliber revolver |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Warley Pinto |
| Motive | Gang conflict |
The shooting at the Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo State School was the deadliest school shooting in Minas Gerais, in terms of the number of victims, before being surpassed by the shooting at a kindergarten in Claro dos Porções, where a man killed his own son, injured his stepfather, and then killed himself, in 2023.[3]
Background
[edit]The Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo State School is a secondary school located in the Nova Granada neighborhood in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The school serves about 800 middle and high school students. And the school was the scene of a third shooting in less than a year. Employees and neighbors of the institution reported that it is common for students to be armed.[4]
Shooting
[edit]At around 7 am, three armed teenagers invaded the Nossa Senhora do Belo Ramo State School, jumping over the wall, looking for a student who was part of the rival group. The three teenagers went to the second floor of the school and found a group of students talking. The teenagers shot at one of the students who was the target of the shooters, Warley Pinto, 16, who, according to witnesses, was scared and anxious.[5][4][6] He was hit and was also armed with a .38 caliber revolver. He returned fire at the classroom door and hit a 17-year-old student, Daniel Santos Camargo. He was hit by four shots in the abdomen, arm and right shoulder. After hitting Camargo, the teenagers who shot Pinto fled. Pinto began shooting again, hitting two other students, Rosilene Cristina Moura, 15, and Renata Ferreira Campos, 17, both in the feet. During the shooting, students who were in the school ducked, fearing they would be hit by the shots.[4] Pinto was arrested after the shooting.
Aftermach
[edit]After the shooting, Warley Pinto was arrested and taken to the Child and Adolescent Guidance and Protection Police Station. Classes were suspended due to the shooting. After the crime, the police searched the students at the attacked school. A meeting was scheduled between parents, staff, and teachers, and the military police promised to keep 24-hour surveillance on the school. Due to the shooting, the students did not go to school, and parents of about 20 students asked to be transferred due to insecurity, and staff refused to return to the school.[4][7]
Victims
[edit]Initially, it was reported that four students were hit in the shootout. They were rescued and taken to the João 23 Hospital, including the shooter himself.[2] Two girls were shot in the feet, Rosilene Cristina Moura, 15, and Renata Ferreira Campos, 17. The injured girls were released on the afternoon of the same day as the shooting.[4] The shooter, Warley Pinto, did not suffer serious injuries. He was rescued and later detained. The student, Daniel Santos Camargo, 17, was hit by four shots in the abdomen, arm, and shoulder and was described as being in serious condition. Santos was hospitalized and underwent surgery but died on day 23, 6 days after being shot.[8][9] Santos was buried in the Bosque da Esperança Cemetery.
See also
[edit]- List of school attacks in Brazil
- Taiúva school shooting, a school shooting in São Paulo that occurred less than 1 month before the Belo Horizonte school shooting.
References
[edit]- ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Belo Horizonte: Morre estudante baleado em briga de gangues - 25/02/2003". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ a b "Tiroteio em escola de MG deixa três feridos - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: nacional". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2003-02-18. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Homem mata filho de 5 anos, tenta assassinar atual da ex e se suicida em MG". www.otempo.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ a b c d e Londrina, Folha de (2003-02-18). "Tiroteio em escola de BH deixa três feridos". Folha de Londrina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Folha Online - Cotidiano - Tiroteio deixa feridos em escola de Belo Horizonte (MG) - 18/02/2003". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Tiroteio em escola de Minas deixa 3 feridos; 1 grave". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Estudantes são revistados em Belo Horizonte". Folha de S.Paulo. February 20, 2003. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ "Adolescente baleado por gangues é enterrado em BH". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-07-07.
- ^ "Estudante morto em tiroteio na escola é enterrado em BH - Diário do Grande ABC - Notícias e informações do Grande ABC: nacional". Jornal Diário do Grande ABC (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2003-02-24. Retrieved 2025-07-07.