Scorned wife ‘shoots police officer husband dead after following him to a motel to catch with lover’
This is the shocking moment a police officer is shot dead in a row with his wife after she follows him to a motel with his lover.
CCTV footage seized by police showed Maria das Gracas Andrade Lopes, 30, follow husband Salim de Alencar on a moped like the one he arrived on with his mistress.
She is seen grabbing hold of his gun during a struggle before shots were fired in the street.
Local reports said the dead man had lied to his wife he had been called in to work by bosses so he could enjoy a love-making session in the motel behind her back.
The skimpily-dressed young woman he turned up with was filmed making her escape as Lopes confronted her partner before the tussle that ended in tragedy.
Then she could be seen clutching her head to her hands when she realised her husband had been shot.
Lopes walks around in circles in disbelief before stooping down to try to help him - but then speeds off on her moped as onlookers gathered around.
The extraordinary incident happened on Sunday afternoon outside El Shaday Motel in the Amazon city of Coari, in Brazil near to where British kayaker Emma Kelty was shot dead by pirates last September.
The 48-year-old victim, a military police sergeant, was rushed to hospital after being hit in the neck by one of two shots fired from his regulation firearm.
His wife told cops after she was arrested on suspicion of his homicide that she had only intended hitting him with his weapon and it went off by accident.
Coari police chief Pedro Moreira said: 'She threw the weapon on the ground in a state of shock when she saw him bleeding and went to her mum's house, where she was arrested around 5.30pm on Sunday.
Salim de Alencar, 40 was seen driving on a moped with his mistress before his wife grabs hold of his gun during a struggle
The skimpily-dressed young woman Alencar turned up with made her escape as Maria das Gracas Andrade Lopes, 30, confronted her partner
'His friends and colleagues are still trying to come to terms with what happened and are devastated at Salim's loss. He was a good professional and friends with many people.'
The police chief and his wife had been married for 13 years and had two children.
He is already thought to have been buried in his native town of Manacapuru near the state capital Manaus.
The woman described as his mistress, who was uninjured in the drama, has not been named.