{"id":91921,"date":"2018-05-22T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=91921"},"modified":"2018-05-22T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T20:01:24","slug":"police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_91924\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-4.50.55-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children\" title=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91924\" title=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91924\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-4.50.55-PM-400x267.png\" alt=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-4.50.55-PM-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-4.50.55-PM-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-22-at-4.50.55-PM.png 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-91924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officer Katia da Silva Sastre taking control of the situation.\u00a0 (<em>Photo: Daily Mail<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It takes a special kind of scumbag to rob mothers and children outside of a school, but Elivelton Neves Moreira thought he was up to the task earlier this month in Sao Paolo, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t counting on off-duty military police officer Katia da Silva Sastre, who jumped into action when she saw her daughter and friends were in danger.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know if he was going to shoot the kids or the mothers or the security guard at the school door,\u201d the officer told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/sao-paulo-armed-robber-shot-dead-brazil-school-gates-mother-children-a8350726.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children\" title=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\">Independent<\/a>. \u201cI just thought about defending the mums, the children, my own life and my daughter\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently released surveillance footage shows Moreira approaching a group of mothers and children who are standing outside of Col\u00e9gio Ferreira Master School in preparation for a Mother\u2019s Day party.<\/p>\n<p>The thug pulls out a semi-automatic handgun, points it at the crowd, and appears to reach for one of the women\u2019s handbags.<\/p>\n<p>Sastre can be seen pulling out her own gun, and she doesn\u2019t hesitate to use it when she sees an opportunity.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/watch-former-marine-uses-handgun-to-protect-home-property-from-robbers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children\" title=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\">Former Marine Uses Handgun to Protect Home, Property from Robbers<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI had to act quickly to end his aggression and prevent him from harming anyone. I reverted to the training I have received in the corporation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to have been in the right place to have saved all our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She shoots Moreira two or three times, and he falls to the ground, yelling in pain. Sastre retreats behind a car for cover, but Moreira had already dropped his gun and put his hands in the air. Sastre kicks it to the side and holds Moreira at gunpoint until police arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators later discovered that Moreira did manage to shoot back, but his first shot hit the ground and his second jammed in the firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Moreira died of his wounds at the hospital later that day.<\/p>\n<p>Sastre\u00a0was formally\u00a0commended for bravery\u00a0in a ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1rcio Fran\u00e7a, the governor of S\u00e3o Paulo, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/video-captures-female-off-duty-cop-fending-off\/story?id=55155848\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"police-officer-shoots-thug-rob-mothers-and-children\" title=\"WATCH: Off-Duty Police Officer Shoots Thug Trying to Rob Mothers and Children\">said<\/a> Sastre acted with \u201cdexterity, technique and courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe went to the party to celebrate [Mother\u2019s Day] and a situation like this happened,\u201d Franca said.\u00a0\u201cShe acted so precisely, so perfectly, that we decided to honour her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor, likely not echoing the sentiments of the mothers and children who were there that day, described Moreira\u2019s death as \u201csad and regrettable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not ideal that the suspect died. We would have preferred this had not happened,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cBut it is a warning to those who take up a gun that they could be killed because our security professionals are well trained to protect the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"width: 0px;overflow: hidden;line-height: 0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/pistols.htm\" campaign=\"BuyPistolsGa\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Shop for a New Concealed Carry Pistol on GunsAmerica<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes a special kind of scumbag to rob mothers and children outside of a school, but Elivelton Neves Moreira thought he was up to the task earlier this month in Sao Paolo, 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