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Off-Duty Rio Military Police Sergeants Trade Gunfire on Camera, Leaving One Dead

Homicide detectives are investigating, with the surviving sergeant under Military Police custody after an arrest in flagrante.

Overview

  • Security footage shows both men exiting the same car on Avenida Jambeiro before exchanging shots as one voice is heard saying, “I’m going to kill you.”
  • The victim is Sgt. Eduardo Filipe Santiago Ferreira, 42, from the 18th BPM, and the arrested colleague is Sgt. William Amaral da Conceição, 36, from the 40th BPM.
  • Civil Police reported finding no evidence of the attempted robbery that William claimed and he told investigators he did not remember the gunfire.
  • William was treated at Albert Schweitzer Municipal Hospital, transferred to the PM’s Central Hospital, discharged, and taken to the force’s prison unit in Niterói.
  • The PM’s Corregedoria accompanied the arrest and says William will face an administrative disciplinary process that could result in dismissal as the DHC leads the criminal probe.