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Man killed by police gunfire in São Paulo after phone mistaken for gun
Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20, was killed by military police in Moema, in southern São Paulo, early on Saturday.
Investigators found 27 bullet wounds on his body, while police said officers fired 45 shots.
According to the police account, officers mistook the cellphone he was holding for a gun.
The officers had gone to the area after firefighters were called about a young man who was distressed and threatening to shoot himself.
Police body-camera footage showed Gustavo emerge from a dark area and point an object toward the street, where the officers were, according to the account cited by police.
Investigators collected the phone and bullet fragments and seized the officers’ pistols.
A police inquiry is underway, and the investigation remains open.
Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20, died after being shot by military police in São Paulo’s Moema district.
Medical examiners identified 27 gunshot wounds on his body.
Police said they mistook the phone he was holding for a firearm.
Officers fired 45 shots, according to the São Paulo Military Police.
A police investigation is open, and the officers’ pistols and the phone were collected as evidence.
- Who
- Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20, and four military police officers.
- What
- Santana was shot and killed by police; investigators identified 27 gunshot wounds.
- When
- About 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, October 10.
- Where
- Moema, in southern São Paulo, near Alameda dos Guaramomis.
- Why
- Police said they mistook the phone Santana was holding for a gun.
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the Corpo de Bombeiros was called and, after medical assessment, confirmed the young man's death at the scene
Police officers encountered Santana in Moema after firefighters were called about a young man described as distressed and threatening to shoot himself.
Police fired at Santana; he died at the scene.
Medical examiners identified 27 gunshot wounds, and investigators collected the phone and seized the officers' pistols.
- Victim
- Gustavo Munis de Santana, 20
- Location
- Moema, southern São Paulo
- Time
- About 2:45 a.m. on October 10
- Gunshot wounds
- 27 identified by medical examiners
- Shots fired
- 45, according to the São Paulo Military Police
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