Suspect Held in Rio PM Killing as Separate Segurança Presente Shooting Leaves BOPE Officer Critical

Overview

• Civil police detained a wounded man at Hospital Souza Aguiar who confessed to shooting Sgt. Belck Viana Thomaz during an attempted robbery in Engenho Novo.
• The arrest followed intelligence sharing between Civil and Military police, with the suspect taken into custody in flagrante at the hospital.
• Thomaz, 39, was hit in the leg, suffered a ruptured femoral artery near Buraco do Padre, was taken to Salgado Filho hospital, and did not survive.
• A second participant who rode the motorcycle used in the crime remains at large, and homicide detectives continue searches and forensic work.
• In a separate incident in Duque de Caxias, a Segurança Presente agent shot a BOPE officer who reached toward his waist; the officer is hospitalized in serious condition and the case is under review by the 59th Precinct and Civil Police.