Overview
- The killing occurred in Sinop, Mato Grosso, outside a hotel in the Santa Mônica neighborhood on a busy morning.
- Security video shows two masked assailants approach João Ferreira da Silva, push him, fire multiple shots, and flee.
- Officers cordoned off the scene and recovered at least three shell casings as forensic work began.
- Investigators are working to identify the gunmen and any instigators while evaluating revenge as a leading hypothesis.
- Ferreira da Silva, 46, was sentenced to 42 years in 2008 for killing nine-year-old Bruno Aparecido dos Santos and later received an additional 10-year term, serving about two decades before his release.