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São Paulo officers removed from duty after 20-year-old is fatally shot
Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20, died during a police encounter in Moema, a neighborhood in southern São Paulo.
Police said officers fired about 45 times, and a medical examination found 27 bullet wounds.
The officers said they mistook his cellphone for a gun.
Preliminary investigations say emergency services had been called after a report that a young man threatened to shoot himself.
The officers involved have been removed from operational duties, and a military police inquiry has been opened.
Their weapons and Gustavo’s cellphone were seized for forensic examination, and body-camera footage has been requested.
Civil and military police are investigating how the death occurred.
Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Gustavo Munis de Santana in São Paulo have been removed from operational duties.
Santana was hit by 27 bullets during a police stop in the Moema neighborhood early Saturday.
The officers said they mistook his cellphone for a firearm, according to the report.
Authorities opened a military police inquiry and seized the officers’ weapons and Santana’s phone for forensic analysis.
Body-camera footage from the incident was also requested for review.
- Who
- Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20, and the military police officers involved.
- What
- Santana was fatally shot during a police stop; the officers were removed from operational duties.
- When
- Early Saturday, October 10.
- Where
- Moema, in the southern part of São Paulo.
- Why
- The officers said they mistook Santana’s cellphone for a firearm. The circumstances are under investigation.
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The agents who participated in the incident were removed from operational duties and a Military Police Inquiry was opened to investigate the officers’ conduct.
Officers responding to a report of a young man threatening to shoot himself went to the area.
Officers fired at Santana during an encounter in Moema; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities opened an inquiry, removed the officers from operational duties and requested body-camera footage for analysis.
- Victim
- Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20
- Location
- Moema, southern São Paulo
- Injuries
- 27 bullet wounds
- Shots fired
- About 45
- Investigation
- Military Police Inquiry opened
Sources
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