Overview

• In Caçapava (SP), brothers Jorge Expedito Petrovitch Luiz, 26, and Bruno Petrovitch Luiz, 29, remained jailed after a custody hearing converted their in-the-act arrests to preventive detention in a case alleging an illegal race that killed motorcyclist Jean Carlo Barbosa Máximo, 31.
• Police reports and video indicate a Tiggo 7 driven by Jorge hit the victim at extremely high speed, the pair fled in a Jetta, showed signs of intoxication, refused a breath test, and one suspect lacked a driver’s license.
• On BR-116 near Leopoldina (MG), the Federal Highway Police said scene vestiges confirmed a car invaded the opposite lane and fatally struck a 59-year-old motorcyclist, with the reason for the lane crossing under investigation.
• In Ipatinga (MG), a response to a parking complaint escalated to a scuffle, a police gunshot to a suspect’s leg, a truck crash during flight, and the wounded man’s death, prompting a Civil Police inquiry and multiple arrests for resistance and related offenses.
• In Ribeirão Cascalheira (MT), a farmer shot and killed alleged assailant Ronnie Von Barros dos Santos during an attempted robbery at his property, and police are searching for a second suspect who fled into nearby woodland.