Brazilian mother who shot and killed gunman attempting to rob families outside daughter's school elected into Congress
Two-year-old off-duty police officer Katia da Silva Sastre used the incident to further her political ambitions and suceeded, getting elected into Congress from São Paulo
The brave Brazilian mom who made headlines this past May after shooting and killing an armed man who threatened mothers and children outside a school has been voted into Congress in the country. Following the incident, surveillance footage of the shooting went viral in the country, with the woman identified as 42-year-old off-duty police officer Katia da Silva Sastre and the attacker as one 21-year-old Elivelton Neves Moreira.
According to LADbible, the incident unfolded outside Sastre's daughter's school in São Paulo in May. The video of the shooting shows a group of mothers standing around with their children at a crossing as Moreira approaches and pulls his gun out.