Brazilian woman, 36, is on the run after flying into a jealous rage and shooting her cheating boyfriend, 42, in the back
- Diana da Silva, 36, is wanted by police in São Paulo, Brazil, for shooting dead her 42-year-old boyfriend on Thursday
- Da Silva is on the run after falling into a jealous rage because the unnamed man betrayed her and shot him in the back
- A surveillance camera shows the man waiting for the elevator in front of his apartment door when da Silva shoots him in the back
- She yelled at him as he begged for his life and pulled the trigger multiple times, but the gun jammed
- The man remained hospitalized on Friday, recovering from the non-life-threatening wound
A shocking surveillance video shows the moment she taunts her cheating boyfriend at her apartment in Brazil, then shoots her in a jealous rage.
Diana da Silva, 36, is on the run from police after seriously injuring her boyfriend, 46, whose name has not been released, in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
In the surveillance footage, the man can be seen walking towards his apartment when da Silva storms out and shoots him in the back. The force of the shot slammed him backwards into a glass table before falling to the ground.
In the video, da Silva can be seen repeatedly taunting her boyfriend as he lies bloodied on the floor and begging her not to shoot him again.
The woman then steps back and pulls the trigger, but the gun appears to jam.
Diana da Silva, 36, points a gun at her 42-year-old boyfriend just before shooting him in the back at his home in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Thursday. Plainclothes police learned from a witness at the hospital that the man had said he was shot because she found out he had cheated on her
Diana da Silva is at odds with her boyfriend, 42, after she shot him dead in the hallway next to his condo in southeastern Brazil on Thursday. The 36-year-old fled before police arrived. The businessman remained hospitalized on Friday and was in stable condition
The wounded man then tries to get up from the blood-soaked floor while his girlfriend goes back into the apartment.
She then grabs a knife from the couch and yells at her boyfriend while he’s lying on the floor.
The man was taken to Santa Marcelina Hospital. He was taken to São Cristóvão Hospital and was in stable condition on Friday.
The 42-year-old businessman presses the elevator button while his girlfriend stays at his apartment before she shoots him for cheating
Diana da Silva holds a knife while yelling at her boyfriend shortly after shooting him
Civil Police investigators learned from a witness at the hospital that the man said his girlfriend had become jealous after she discovered he was dating another woman, according to Brazilian news agency G1.
A neighbor told UOL Noticias that the couple were constantly arguing and swearing at each other.
“They had no boundaries. It could be day, it could be dawn,” the resident said. “That’s why nobody had much contact with them.”
Authorities searched the friend’s home and seized the knife and gun. The firearm was not registered in his or his girlfriend’s name.