Overview

• In Salvador, residents blocked bus service after 16-year-old Caíque dos Santos Reis was killed during a police action, with the mother disputing the police account and the Police Ombudsman and state prosecutor’s office engaged.
• Rio’s homicide unit concluded that the June death of Herus Guimarães Mendes resulted from a BOPE officer’s putative self-defense, citing bodycam and forensic reports, and sent the case to the Ministério Público.
• In western Paraná, investigators reclassified the killing of Jaqueline Rodrigues Pereira as femicide and arrested her husband, concluding he staged a robbery and shot himself to bolster the false narrative.
• Police in Feira de Santana arrested a couple after CCTV showed them pursuing and the male suspect executing homeless man Miguel Cruz de Oliveira, with a firearm image found during searches supporting the case.
• In Manacapuru, investigators identified alleged mandantes in the shooting of Aline Thayane de Oliveira Azevedo, detained one suspect for logistical support, and obtained preventive warrants for the victim’s sister, her partner, and the alleged gunman.