RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Greater Rio de Janeiro recorded a 32 percent drop in the number of shootings during the first two months of social isolation, according to data released by the ‘Fogo Cruzado’ platform. The study covers the period between March 14th through May 13th and is compared to the same period last year.
According to the platform, this year Greater Rio recorded 992 shootings or gunfire in the past two months, compared to 1,454 in the same period in 2019. This year’s records resulted in 345 people being shot (158 dead and 187 wounded), 28 percent less than last year when 479 people were shot (234 dead and 245 wounded).
Nevertheless, compared to the pre-quarantine period, the average number of shootings per day in the metropolitan region increased in the two months of confinement.
Between March 14th and May 13th, an average of 16 shootings per day occurred, totaling 992. In the pre-isolation period, between January 1st and March 13th, there were 1,024 shootings – an average of 14 per day.
Source: Estadão Conteúdo