--- description: A player had kicked and punched Gabriel Murta. title: Referee Whips Out Handgun During Brazil Soccer Match, Video Shows image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Soccer](/tag/soccer/) ## Soccer Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Referee Whips Out Handgun During Brazil Soccer Match, Video Shows  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 3:21 PM CUT  by [Tanya Basu](/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 29, 2015 3:21 PM CUT Soccer matches are known for their theatrical displays of joy, anger, and pain. But a [new video](http://www.theguardian.com/sport/video/2015/sep/29/referee-pulls-out-gun-during-brazilian-football-match-video?CMP=share%5Fbtn%5Ftw "undefined") shows a Brazilian soccer match take that drama to the next level when a referee pulls out a handgun. Gabriel Murta was refereeing a match between amateur teams Brumadinho and Amantes da Bola, the _Guardian_ reports, when he drew a gun after being kicked and punched by a player. Grainy footage shows Murta speaking to players, pistol in hand. A linesman rushed to Murta, seemingly trying to calm the referee. According to the _Guardian_, Murta’s is also a police officer, potentially explaining the gun’s origin, and the league has ordered him undergo psychological tests. Watch the video below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4053840/brazilian-soccer-referee-handgun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4053840/brazilian-soccer-referee-handgun/"},"headline":"Referee Whips Out Handgun During Brazil Soccer Match, Video Shows","datePublished":"2015-09-29T15:21:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:21:16.139Z","description":"A linesman calmed him down","url":"https://time.com/4053840/brazilian-soccer-referee-handgun/","keywords":["Soccer","brazil","Guns"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/soccer/","name":"Soccer"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4053840/brazilian-soccer-referee-handgun/","name":"Referee Whips Out Handgun During Brazil Soccer Match, Video Shows"}}]}] ```