“The first shot ricocheted and got lost. On his second attempt at firing, the weapon locked.
"Thankfully she was faster than him, because when a thug discovers (their opponent) is a police officer, he shoots to kill.”
A spokesman for the force she works for said: “These criminals lose control easily.
"Katia didn’t know if he was going to react by shooting at the children, the mums or the headteacher who was at the school entrance.“She just thought about defending the parents, the children, herself and her daughter.”
Paying tribute to the officer at the police station where she works and handing her some flowers, Sao Paulo Governor, Márcio França, said she had shown “dexterity, technique and courage.”
He added; “It is not ideal that the suspect died. We would have preferred this had not happened.
"But it is a warning to those who take up a gun that they could be killed because our security professionals are well trained to protect the public,” he said.
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