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São Paulo police officer arrested after woman is fatally shot
A São Paulo military police officer was arrested after a woman was fatally shot in Parque São Domingos, in the city’s west.
Security camera footage shows the woman approaching officers while holding a knife, and one officer telling her to drop it.
She continued toward an officer, who fired and hit her in the head; she died at the scene.
Police had been called by people in the area, and three officers reportedly tried to negotiate with her before the shooting.
The officer’s gun was seized for examination, and a military police inquiry was opened, with oversight from the force’s internal affairs unit.
The case is the third recent fatal shooting involving military police in São Paulo, and the other two deaths are also being investigated.
The homicide department will investigate the circumstances of this shooting.
A São Paulo military police officer was arrested after fatally shooting a woman in the city’s west zone.
The shooting happened in the Parque São Domingos neighborhood on Thursday, October 15.
Security camera footage shows the woman approaching officers with a knife before one officer fired, hitting her in the head.
The woman died at the scene, and the officer was taken to the Homicide and Personal Protection Department for investigation.
The officer’s gun was seized for forensic examination, and a Military Police investigation was opened.
- Who
- A São Paulo military police officer and a woman whose name was not stated.
- What
- The officer fatally shot the woman and was arrested in flagrante.
- When
- Thursday, October 15, 2026.
- Where
- Parque São Domingos, in the west zone of São Paulo, Brazil.
- Why
- Preliminary information said officers had been called by people in the area because the woman was armed.
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People in the area called police because a woman was reportedly armed, and three officers reportedly tried to negotiate with her.
An officer shot the woman, who died at the scene, and was arrested in flagrante.
- Location
- Parque São Domingos, west zone of São Paulo
- Arrest
- Officer arrested in flagrante on October 15
- Investigation
- São Paulo Homicide and Personal Protection Department
- Forensic evidence
- Officer’s firearm seized for examination
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