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Doctor Held in Alphaville Double Killing as Police Probe Contract Dispute Motive

Police across several states report swift arrests, seizures, confessions in parallel homicide investigations.

Overview

  • Authorities say physician Carlos Alberto Azevedo Silva Filho, 44, fatally shot colleagues Luís Roberto Pellegrini Gomes, 43, and Vinicius dos Santos Oliveira, 35, outside a Barueri restaurant and was arrested in flagrante.
  • Investigators are assessing whether friction over hospital-management contracts between the parties preceded the attack, with security footage showing a fight inside the venue before the gunfire.
  • Police seized a 9 mm pistol, spent casings, documents, a bag and R$ 16,140; the suspect is registered as a CAC without carry authorization, and a preventive detention request was filed.
  • In Araguari (MG), three suspects were detained on suspicion of killing bricklayer Lázaro Martins de Paula, 65, after one confessed and led officers to the hidden body, with the case treated as latrocínio.
  • In Mato Grosso, three people were arrested after a revenge-motivated execution in Sorriso, and two 17-year-olds were detained in Cáceres over a shooting that killed a 14-year-old as a possible female mandante is investigated.