Is Sandro Rosa to Blame for the Murder of the Primary School Teacher?

Sandro Rosa do Nascimento was the perpetrator of the Bus 174 hostage crisis in Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nascimento boarded a public bus with the intention of robbing a bus because he needed the money. However, the incident then developed into a hostage situation, which was broadcasted live by most Brazilian national television channels. He wanted to rob the passengers because he was poor and needed to survive. 


In the documentary Sandro hops on the bus like a normal person would. Minutes later something triggers him and he grabs a woman hostage. At this moment the driver flees the vehicle running for his life. Someone from the bus calls the very under developed police of Rio de Janeiro. Since the authorities couldn't close the roads the entire incident was live on television. Cameras rolling, police shouting and cars honking created a massive catastrophe. With the first hostage that Sandro had he faked her death. He missed whispering in her ear that he wouldn't shoot to kill. This conveyed that he didn't want people dead he just wanted attention and a big scene. He took another woman which was the Primary School Teacher and walked out the bus. The police had Sandro at point blank range aiming his gun to end the issue. He missed and shot the teacher causing Sandro to flinch and pulling the trigger on his own gun also shooting the teacher, resulting in her death. Later on when we was arrested he suffocated or was suffocated and died. 

Some of the economic reasons for Sandro's crimes are that Rio de Janeiro's police and departments are corrupt where they can easily take advantage and since they don't have much to loose (living in favelas with little to no money) they turn to crime.

Some of the social reasons for Sandro's crimes could be that he witnessed his mother being stabbed to death (when he was only 6 years old) which could have damaged him in many other levels too. Street kids or homeless people have a reputation of discrimination due to their lack of education and mannerisms. Also since there is a lot of poverty and crime in Rio de Janeiro, Sandro could have adapted to those actions in a very young age and the results would be his hostage holding in bus 174. 

Some links between social and economic reasons would be the segregation between rich and poor. Even though they live just inches apart there is a huge difference in their lifestyle. There is a lack of social support and also a lack of government assistance programs.

Overall I think Sandro is not to blame for the murder of the Primary school teacher because all he did was drag attention of the media to himself, and maybe to prove a point or just to be noticed. I know this because he had 2 people hostage at gunpoint where the first one he pretended to shoot while he whispered into her ear saying he wouldn't shoot.  The murderer of the primary school teacher was the police who missed close range shot striking the teacher. The terror made Sandro jerk causing him to pull the trigger in act of fright. 

If some of these factors were different the death of the school teacher, Sandro or this whole incident wouldn't have happened. If everyone had proper shelter with access to clean water and food there wouldn't be a huge division between rich and poor. With that people wouldn't need to sell unnecessary items for money causing less reality deprived humans wondering the streets. Which would lead to less poverty therefore improving the police department in more important ways.