GCM intervenes in generalized fight at Ponta Grossa Central Terminal
Conflict was recorded in the afternoon of this Thursday (11); municipal guard cameras captured movement of a knife during the incident
A brawl at the Terminal Central de Ponta Grossa mobilized agents of the Municipal Civil Guard (GCM) on the afternoon of Wednesday (11). During the incident, recorded at around 5:40 p.m., a man was arrested and a 15-year-old teenager was seized. According to the corporation's bulletin, witnesses reported that a knife was used to threaten a person during the confusion.
According to the information recorded by GCM, a team of the Tactical Action Group (GAT India) was conducting patrols in the region of the terminal when it noticed a fight involving several people.
Upon noticing the approach of the vehicle, the participants began to leave the site in different directions. The officers started a foot follow-up and managed to approach two suspects involved in the occurrence.
Witnesses reported a knife threat
During the service, people who witnessed the confusion informed the municipal guards that the two approached would be involved in a threat against another person, with the use of a white weapon.
According to reports, the knife was passed on to third parties during the attempted escape, before the approach made by the agents.
The guards made a personal search but did not find the gun with the suspects.
According to the company, one of the respondents showed aggressive behavior during the intervention and would have tried to hit the agents with punches and kicks.
Given the reported resistance, the team used physical strength and chemical agent spray to contain the man and complete the approach.
Cameras recorded movement of the knife
The video monitoring cameras of the Municipal Civil Guard recorded part of the occurrence in the Terminal Central de Ponta Grossa.
According to the bulletin, the images show the teenager removing a knife from his waist and handing the object to the man who was also approached by the agents.
At another time, the man appears passing the gun to a third person, who left the site and was not found by the staff during the service.
The records were sent to the Civil Police to assist in the investigation of the facts and the clarification of the circumstances of the confusion.
Despite the images described by the corporation, the knife had not been located until the completion of the service registered in the newsletter.
Man arrested and teenager seized
After hearing the witnesses’ accounts and considering the demonstration of the person who was allegedly threatened, the Municipal Civil Guard team gave the man a voice of arrest and carried out the apprehension of the 15-year-old.
The two were referred to the station of Ponta Grossa, where the occurrence was presented to the police authority for the adoption of the appropriate measures.
The legal representative of the teenager also appeared at the police unit to follow the procedures.
The identity of one of the involved was preserved because he was a 15-year-old teenager, as determined by the Statute of Children and Adolescents (ECA), which prohibits the disclosure of information that allows to identify minors involved in infractions.
To date, the bulletin consulted does not inform what would have provoked the fight nor does it provide details about the origin of the disagreement.
There is also no information in the document about injuries sustained by the person who would have been threatened.
The incident draws attention to the involvement of a teenager and the presence of a white weapon in a large passenger traffic area of Ponta Grossa.
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