The man suspected of having fatally shot another, with a shotgun, on Sunday morning, in a restaurant on Amado beach (Aljezur), will be placed in preventive detention, according to a court decision this Monday.
The presumed murderer, 41 years old, and with his face covered, went this Sunday, around 11:00 am, to the beach restaurant and, when the victim, Jorge Cabrita, 44 years old, was arranging the chairs in the on the esplanade, hit him with a shotgun at close range and left.
The firefighters from Aljezur and the INEM team, called to the scene of the crime, still attempted resuscitation maneuvers, but the victim's death was eventually declared at the scene.
However, and despite having tried to hide his identity, the murderer was arrested a few hours later, by the team of investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department of the PJ, with the support of the GNR of Aljezur and Portimão.
According to a note from the Judiciary Police, the detainee is suspected of the crimes of aggravated homicide and possession of a prohibited weapon. The crime was motivated by the "conflict existing between the author and victim, which had been going on for several years," according to the PJ.
In fact, according to a video that the victim's brother posted on his Facebook wall, from the video surveillance of the beach restaurant, on April 25 the murderer had already attempted the assault.
In the video, there is a physical altercation between them and the intervention of GNR elements. Click here to watch the video.
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