Terrifying moment an off-duty female police officer shoots dead an attempted robber who leapt out of a car and charged at her while she was walking alone in Brazil
- A female Military Police officer in Sao Paulo, Brazil, shot dead a suspected robber
- Surveillance video shows the moment Francisco Gonsalves dos Santos Junior rushed at the cop and tried to grab her late Sunday night
- The cop dodged the suspect and shot him in the middle of the street
- The 40-year-old man was declared dead at the scene
- Brazilian law enforcement officials ruled the incident an attempted robbery but are still investigating
This is the terrifying moment an off-duty police officer shot and killed a suspected robber who tried to attack her on a Brazilian street.
The Military Police agent, whose name has not been released, was walking by herself Sunday shortly before midnight in Butanta, a district in the city of Sao Paulo, when she encountered a heavy-set suspect.
A surveillance camera captured the moment Francisco Gonsalves dos Santos Junior, 40, parked his car on the dimly-lit street and rushed out of his vehicle as the officer crosses the street.
The footage above shows the moment Francisco Gonsalves dos Santos Junior suddenly parks his car on a street in Sao Paulo, Brazil, before he tried to attack a female police officer
The female Military Police agent (pictured top center) was crossing a street in the Sao Paulo neighborhood of Butanta before Francisco Gonsalves dos Santos (pictured inside the car) attempted to assault her
A male suspect cuts off the bath of an off-duty police officer in Brazil moments before she defended herself and shot him dead
Dos Santos Junior subsequently blocked her path and tried to grab her but the cop quickly dodged him.
She then took a couple of steps back as she tried to defend herself from the menacing man who appeared to be twice her size.
The dodging police officer then withdrew her weapon from her waist and fired a single shot that floored the alleged assailant after he tried to wrest away her firearm.
Dos Santos Junior was declared dead at the scene.
Law enforcement officials registered the incident an attempted robbery but are still investigating the event, according to Brazilian news outlet Amazonas 1.
Law enforcement officials in Brazil have not publicly identified the police officer