Brazil Confronts Deadly Weekend of Collapse, Shootings and Road Crashes

Overview

• Salvador’s Luiz Anselmo neighborhood saw a four‑story building collapse that left three dead as firefighters kept searching the rubble, with causes under investigation after reported wall cracks and city teams inspecting nearby homes.
• The collapse cut power to dozens of addresses and the city registered 12 families for support, with deliveries of food, bedding and funeral aid reported by local authorities.
• A two‑year‑old was killed in a convenience‑store shooting in Campo Grande and police detained four suspects, seized a gun and vehicles, and said a prior fight at the site likely set off the attack.
• Police in João Pessoa released security video from a late‑night operation in which a young man was shot, residents staged road blockades in protest, and the force said officers came under fire as investigators review the case.
• In other actions, Ceará authorities arrested three men and apprehended an adolescent in the killing of a security guard in Carnaubal, while separate fatal road and street crimes from Ceará to Minas Gerais remained under forensic review.