Off-Duty Rio Military Police Sergeant Killed in Duque de Caxias as Homicide Unit Investigates

Overview

• The Baixada Fluminense Homicide Division is reviewing security-camera footage to determine who carried out the killing.
• City health officials say the victim arrived at Adão Pereira Nunes Municipal Hospital at 8:36 p.m. with multiple gunshot wounds and was already deceased.
• The shooting happened Friday, January 16, in the Parada Morabi area of Duque de Caxias while the sergeant was off duty.
• Local reports state the sergeant was assigned to the Segurança Presente base in Del Castilho and had 11 years of service.
• Authorities have announced no arrests or identified suspects, and no motive has been confirmed beyond the robbery attempt described by the Military Police.