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A vengeful son shot his father’s alleged killer six times in the middle of a courtroom.
Francisco Cleidivaldo Mariano De Moura, 38, was sat in the courtroom during his trial for the murder of Francisco Alves in a dispute over a missing donkey.
Chaos broke out when Alves’ son, Cristiano Alves Terto, leapt from his seat with a gun right in the middle of proceedings in the São José do Belmonte courthouse in Pernambuco, north eastern Brazil.
Footage from the court’s security cameras shows the 27-year-old rushing to the front where he fired several shots at the fleeing defendant.
De Moura fell to the floor as he tried to escape the volley of bullets, giving Terto time to fire more rounds at point blank range from a .38-caliber revolver.
He then scrambled to his feet and tried to take cover behind the judge’s bench.
Terto then leaned over and whacked De Moura in the head with the handle of his pistol before rushing behind the desk to continue delivering a beating.
The courtroom was relatively peaceful before the shooting (Picture: Jam Press Vid)
Jury members, the judge and most of the people viewing in the public gallery dove for cover and fled the courtroom when the shooting began.
But some stayed behind to tackle the shooter who was eventually pulled from his victim.
De Moura could be seen lying on the floor struggling to move as he was surrounded by what appears to be blood splatter on the floor.
He was rushed to a local hospital and survived. He was later transferred to a facility some 250 miles from the courthouse.
Terto fled the scene but was chased and caught by onsite police who arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder, Pernambuco Military Police told CNN Brasil.
He was locked up the following day and has remained in prison since.
The shooting took place on November 29, but footage of the attack was only released on Monday.
Terto’s revenge ended with himself behind bars (Picture: Jam Press)
De Moura confessed to killing Alves while searching for a donkey that had wandered off his property, the New York Post reported.
He visited Alves farm in Lagoa Alexandre during the search, but Alves told him to ‘get off my property, you filthy little thief’.
Alves then grabbed a wooden stick as he walked towards De Moura in an attempt to warn him off.
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De Moura whipped out a gun and fired a warning shot, followed by two more when Alves didn’t stop.
The third shot hit Alves in the abdomen, and he died in hospital 18 days later.
De Moura fled to Salguiero, a city in north eastern Brazil. He was eventually arrested by police.
His trial will continue, according to the Pernambuco Court of Justice, which said: ‘The jury has not been reconvened, and a new date has not been assigned yet.’
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