Marudá shooting

The Marudá shooting happened on Marudá, Pará, August 1, 1937. 22 people were killed and 19 were wounded. A man, Eraldo Sisco Mariano, 45, the perpetrator of the shooting, had commited suicide.

Shooting
After a argument with his son, Gabriel Mariano, 15, Sisco drew an .38 revolver and fatally shot Gabriel, whereupon he killed more three men who had heard the shots and come to the house to see what happened,  Sisco set fire to his house and called the firefighters, when the firemen arrived Sisco's house, Sisco killed five of them.

Running away from the house, Sisco began walking in the streets and indiscriminately shooting people, four people were killed in the street shooting. After the situation became apparent, the police arrived to the scene of the fire, Sisco runned to a nearby school, where he told the teachers and children to became quiet and calm. After two minutes in the school, a child screamed, attracting attention of passerbys.

Sisco became angry and shot 28 people, killing nine and injuring 19 of them, after police finally discovered where Sisco was hiding, nine children were already dead, and Sisco had shot himself in the head.

Aftermath
On August 3, it was declared that Sisco motive were due financial problems and failure to enroll a football's championship, that was later cancelled due to the shooting.

The city mayor declared one day of mourning.