Overview

• The court sentenced military police officer Vinicius Lima Britto to 2 years, 1 month and 27 days in a semi-open regime and issued a release warrant after his pretrial detention.
• The killing of 26-year-old Gabriel Renan da Silva Soares was captured on security video as he fled an Oxxo market with four packets of soap, with the rapid sequence lasting about seven seconds.
• Prosecutors sought a qualified, intentional homicide conviction, while the defense argued self-defense; the jury found negligent homicide instead.
• The sentence includes loss of the police post and a R$100,000 compensation order to the victim’s family, according to the ruling.
• Records show the officer failed a 2021 psychological screening for the Military Police before later joining the force through a 2022 recruitment process.