Alleged Shooter in Beatriz Munhos Killing Arrested in Bahia

Overview

• São Paulo’s Cerco unit detained Isaías dos Santos Silva in Areião, in the municipality of Mirante, Bahia, roughly 495 km from Salvador.
• The state public security department says a transfer to the São Paulo prison system has been requested.
• Police identify him as the gunman in the Sapopemba ambush that followed a fake purchase of a drone advertised for R$27,000.
• Investigators say he was the passenger on the motorcycle, while the alleged pilot, 18-year-old Lucas Kauan da Silva Pereira, was previously arrested and denies involvement.
• Authorities are probing additional accomplices and other robberies using the same online-sale lure in the area.