Notorious Criminal Executed Outside Fancy Hotel Lobby
Wagner Ferreira da Silva, 32, was killed in the attack on the front of Blue Tree Towers.
According to Police, Wagner belonged to the criminal faction of S~ao
Paulo and was an important member of the PCC in Baixada Santista suspected of participating in robberies in luxury marinas off the coast of S~ao Paulo and the murder of a military police officer. Two women, one of 28 and 53, who are guests of the hotel were also hit by rifle fire. They would have been injured on the shoulder and hand. Relieved, they were taken to Hospital Vit'oria and S~ao Luiz, but they would not be life-threatening. For security reasons, their names were not disclosed. According to police the main hypothesis investigated to explain the crime is that Wagner was executed in a settling of accounts between dissidents of the faction.