Disturbing video shows the moment a revenge-seeking son guns down his father’s accused killer in the middle of a courtroom.
Cristiano Alves Terto, 27, was seen unloading six shots into Francisco Cleidivaldo Mariano De Moura, 38, during a jury session for his father’s murder trial in São José do Belmonte, Brazil, according to CNN Brasil.
Footage from inside the courtroom depicts Terto bolting toward the front with a .38-caliber revolver pointed directly at De Moura — who is sitting only steps away from a juror and an attorney — and firing at least two shots while charging him.
The rest of the courtroom devolves into chaos as jurors and members of the court scatter while the vengeful Terto unleashes his fury at De Moura.
Terto then fired another volley of shots at De Moura from point-blank range while he stumbled on the ground, trying to seek cover from the hail of bullets.
De Moura made his way behind a desk while Terto continued to fire until the six-shooter was empty.
Moments later, De Moura collapses on the floor behind the magistrates’ bench, but Terto then rushes around and furiously strikes him twice in the head with the gun, the video shows.
The gun-toting son then flees the courtroom, while two women who tried pulling him away from De Moura while he was striking him are seen panicking in a state of disbelief.
He was then chased down by police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the Pernambuco Military Police told CNN Brasil.
The disturbing incident unfolded on Nov. 29, but the video of the shooting was only released to the public on Monday. Terto was locked up the next day and has since remained in prison.
De Moura was rushed to a local hospital and survived the shooting but was soon after transferred to another facility about 250 miles away from the courthouse.
The son tried to kill his father’s accused murderer after De Moura allegedly shot his dad, Francisco Alves, in Oct. 2012 at his home in Lagoa Alexandre.
De Moura allegedly confessed to killing Terto’s father after he was out searching for one of his donkeys that strayed off his property.
Alves was on his farm when De Moura came asking about his missing farm animal, to which the murdered father allegedly told him to “get off my property, you filthy little thief,” according to The Sun.
Alves allegedly grabbed a wooden stick and walked towards De Moura, the outlet reported, and as he approached, De Moura took out his gun and fired a warning shot.
When the father wouldn’t stop, De Moura fired two more warning shots before hitting Alves in the abdomen.
Alves was rushed to the hospital but died 18 days later, according to The Sun.
De Moura fled to Salgueiro — a city about 200 miles away from Lagoa Alexandre — but was eventually arrested by police.
It’s unknown how long De Moura remained on the lamb before he was captured and what delayed the trial for the nearly 12-year-old crime.
According to a statement from the court on Tuesday, De Moura is “alive and free” following the shooting involving Terto.
As for De Moura’s trial for the killing of Alves, it remains unclear when that will continue.
“The jury has not been reconvened, and a new date has not been assigned yet,” the Pernambuco Court of Justice said in a statement regarding De Moura’s original trial, according to a local Brazilian outlet.
