Brazil Reports Two-Day Wave of Killings as Police Pursue Leads Across Multiple Cities

Overview

• In Juazeiro do Norte, three men were shot dead at a gas station in Pirajá, and police say the killings have hallmarks of execution.
• In Simões Filho, an adolescent was apprehended in the abduction and killing of Williams Nogueira as inquiries explore links to rival groups, and a separate case found a couple shot in a locked car with a pistol recovered and necropsies pending.
• In Caruaru, the victim’s mother remains in preventive custody and the confessed killer is jailed as genetic, tanatoscopic and sexological exams are analyzed for suspected sexual violence.
• Domestic and family violence cases include Piraju, where a police officer fatally stabbed his wife and father‑in‑law before being shot by responding officers, and Barreiras, where a man was detained after telling police he strangled his ex‑partner.
• Other investigations span Dourados, Feira de Santana, Aparecida, Campo Belo, Paraíba, Tocantins and Minas Gerais, while separate confrontations left suspects dead in Votorantim, São José do Rio Preto and Cabreúva with weapons seized and scenes preserved for forensics.