Suspect Arrested Hours After Killing of 19-Year-Old During Robbery in Santo Antônio de Jesus

Overview

• A man was detained in flagrante on Tuesday in the Zilda Arns neighborhood by teams from the 4th Coorpin and Gatti, and he remains in custody pending judicial action.
• According to Civil Police, two men announced a robbery and stole Gabriel Lopes Santos’s cellphone, and witnesses reported he tried to resist and was shot in the head, dying at the scene.
• The inquiry is being led by the 1st Territorial Police Station as a latrocínio case, with investigators working to clarify the crime and identify any other suspects.
• The Department of Technical Police conducted the forensic examination and removed the body following the shooting.
• Santos, 19, served with the local Tiro de Guerra and, per his father, was returning from a fanfare activity and had joined the unit roughly seven to eight months ago.