Lawyer dies three weeks after MRI machine’s magnetic field triggers his hidden gun to go off while taking his mother for a routine medical visit at a Brazilian lab

• Leandro Mathias, 40, passed away at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, on Monday
• He was accidentally shot in the abdomen on January 16 when his concealed gun was pulled out from his waist by an MRI machine’s magnetic field 
• Mathias, a lawyer, accompanied his mother to an appointment at a laboratory, but did not remove the gun, a clip and additional ammunition  

A Brazilian lawyer has died after he was accidentally shot when an MRI machine at a laboratory caused his gun to discharge.

Leandro Mathias, 40, died Monday at a São Paulo hospital in, where he had been under observation following the January 16 incident.

Mathias, a married father-of-one, was accompanying his mother to an appointment at Laboratorio Cura and forgot to remove his 9mm weapon from his waistband after entering the imaging room, according to Brazilian news outlet G1.

Police said that the MRI machine’s magnetic field pulled the concealed gun away from his waist.

The gun hit the machine and the impact caused it to discharge one bullet that struck him in the abdomen.

Leandro Mathias died Monday at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, three weeks after he was accidentally shot when his concealed gun was pulled out from his waistband by an MRI machine’s magnetic field. The gun hit the machine and the impact caused it to discharged one bullet that struck him in the abdomen 

Leandro Mathias was also carrying an extra clip and 30 rounds of ammunition at the time of the accident

The bullet nearly struck other employees who were in the room.

Mathias was rushed to São Luiz Morumbi Hospital, where he battled for his life for three weeks.

The lab’s director, Cesar Penteado, told the network that both Mathias and his mother had been instructed to remove all of their belongings, including metal objects, before entering the imaging room.

However, Mathias forgot to put away his gun as well as a loaded clip and 30 rounds of ammunition.

Leandro Mathias built up a following on TikTok and used his background as a lawyer to provide counsel to followers who were interested in gun ownership

Brazilian lawyer Leandro Mathias visited Laboratorio Cura, a lab in São Paulo, Brazil, on January 16 and failed to remove his gun, a clip and bullets that he was carrying prior to entering a room where his mother was undergoing an MRI

‘Both the patient and the companion, in this case, were given consent questionnaires and guidance on the magnetic field,’ Penteado said. 

Mathias and his mother each signed a form acknowledging they were aware of the laboratory’s protocols.  

‘He kept all the objects he had in the closet and, unfortunately, the only object he didn’t keep was the firearm he was carrying,’ Penteado said.

Mathias was known as a fierce proponent of gun rights and ran a TikTok account to counsel more than 7,000 followers on the legality of the right to bear arms.

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