He assures that if he had to do it again, he would do it. On Friday, near São Paulo (south-east), a 16-year-old teenager killed his adoptive parents, apparently for a terribly futile motive: they had insulted him before confiscating his cell phone. The suspect’s sister, also 16, was also shot. It was around 1 p.m. when Igor Gomes waited until his father turned his back in the kitchen. The teenager then shot Isaac Tavares, 57, in the back of the head. Then, he rushed upstairs to shoot young Laetitia, who was trying to find out what had just happened.
During his interrogation, the teenager did not appear to feel any remorse. He described eating near the bodies of his father and sister before going to the gym. He said he then returned home, where he waited for his mother to return from work, around 7 p.m. The young Brazilian welcomed Solange Gomes, 50, in front of the garage. He accompanied her to the kitchen, where she tripped over her husband’s body and began screaming. Igor shot her in the back, reports Metropoles.
The next day, Igor returned to the gym, then stuck a knife in the back of his already dead mother when he returned home. He then went to a local bakery and continued his day as if nothing had happened. It was only on Sunday evening that the teenager called the police, after noticing the presence of numerous flies around the bodies of his victims. The teenager explained that he had used his father’s gun, a municipal officer. He said he never thought about eliminating his sister.
According to a police report, Igor vented his frustration because his parents “called him an idiot and confiscated his phone. And since he couldn’t use it to give a presentation at school, he planned their deaths.” Igor was detained in a center for young offenders, but could be admitted to a psychiatric hospital. According to a neighbor, the family was withdrawn and argued “constantly, every day.”
