Ride-Hail Passenger, 28, Fatally Shot During Shootout on Rio’s Linha Amarela

Overview

• The victim, identified as Bárbara Elisa Yabeta Borges, was hit in the head and died after being taken to Hospital Geral de Bonsucesso.
• Military Police said the exchange of fire occurred around 2:30 p.m. near Morro do Timbau, close to where the ride-hailing car was traveling.
• Officers found two people wounded inside a car at the scene and reported seizing a rifle during the action.
• The driver told police he entered the expressway near the Fundão footbridge, heard multiple shots, and then realized the passenger had been struck.
• Traffic on the Linha Amarela was briefly closed and then reopened, with videos showing halted vehicles, injured people on the roadway, and a PM armored vehicle.