Groom kills bride, best man and himself at Brazilian wedding

A bridegroom has fatally shot his new wife, his best man and then himself after announcing to horrified guests that he had a "surprise" for them. Witnesses reported that 29-year-old sales manager Rogerio Damascena did not give any previous indication that anything was wrong at his wedding reception, police investigator Joao Brito said.

Mr Brito would not speculate on a possible motive, saying family members were in shock and he had not interviewed them yet. He did say the killings were believed to be premeditated because of the groom's announcement and because he had hidden a gun in his father's pickup truck.



Twenty-five-year-old bride Renata Alexandre Costa Coelho and best man Marcelo Guimaraes both died in the murder-suicide. A brother of the bride was also treated at a hospital and released. A sister of the bride who left before the shootings as saying she didn't believe it was a crime of passion.

"My sister was a wonderful person who loved and wanted to be loved," Lucia Helena Coelho said. "He was happy, she was happy, the party was beautiful. His family adored her and doesn't understand this," she said. "He revealed himself as a sociopath who fooled the entire family and killed his best friend, who was ... the best man."