[3][4] Three children, a teacher and a staff member died in the attack, perpetrated by an 18-year-old native of the town,[3][4][5] identified by authorities as Fabiano Kipper Mai.

[6][7][8][9][10] At around 9:50 BRT on Tuesday, 4 May 2021, Fabiano Kipper Mai, an 18-year-old youth with no criminal history, rode his bicycle to the Pro-Childhood Aquarela daycare center in downtown Saudades.

Upon entering the daycare, he began by attacking a 30-year-old teacher who, although injured, ran into a room where four children and a school employee were, in an attempt to warn her of the danger.

[12] On 25 November 2021, whilst being held in custody at the Chapecó Regional Prison awaiting trial and sentencing, Judge Caio Lemgruber Taborda signed an order for the transfer of Fabiano to the Hospital de Custódia, in Florianópolis.

[3] Deputy Jerônimo Ferreira, who is handling the case, says that the teacher and the educational agent were heroes in containing the youth from going to other classrooms and even though they were injured, they managed to successfully avoid the worst:[17] He tried to enter every room and couldn't.

I heard that he had surgery and is fine....I will never forget the look that child gave me, as a way of asking for help...The state governor, Daniela Reinehr, announced official mourning on her Twitter.

"I decree official mourning of three days in the state after the tragedy in Saudades, where children and teachers of a center for early childhood education died.