Overview
- Gabriel dos Santos, 25, surrendered to the DHPP in Salvador and was jailed on a preventive warrant as the alleged motorcycle driver in the attack.
- Geovane de Oliveira da Silva, 26, had his warrant executed after turning himself in a day earlier and is suspected to be the motorcycle’s owner.
- At the scene on January 15, Vitor Souza da Silva was fatally shot during the exchange of gunfire, and police seized a loaded pistol magazine as officials cited his suspected faction ties.
- Security-camera footage from a passing driver captured the attempted robbery and shooting, and Capt. Osniésio Pereira Salomão died after being taken to the Barris UPA.
- Bahia’s security chief Marcelo Werner says inquiries and forensic exams continue with the prospect of reaching other participants.