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BOPE officer killed in exchange of fire with fellow police in Rio
Sub-lieutenant Gláucio Marcelo Fonseca da Silva, a 54-year-old officer in Rio de Janeiro’s BOPE special police unit, was killed on Sunday in Jacarepaguá.
The shooting happened after BOPE officers stopped a vehicle and officers from the 18th Battalion arrived at the scene.
The battalion’s command said poor light may have led the arriving officers to mistake the BOPE operation for a crime in progress.
Five other military police officers were injured, and all were taken to hospital.
Gláucio had served in the police force for 26 years and had three children.
His brother, Sergeant Heber Carvalho, was also a military police officer and died during a major operation in Rio in October 2025.
The Capital Homicide Division and the military police’s internal affairs unit are investigating how Gláucio died.
BOPE officer Gláucio Marcelo Fonseca da Silva, 54, died after an exchange of fire between police officers in Rio de Janeiro.
The shooting happened during a BOPE team’s vehicle stop in the Freguesia area of Jacarepaguá.
Police said officers from the 18th Battalion may have mistaken the stop for a criminal operation because of low light and fired at the BOPE team.
Five other military police officers were injured and taken to hospital.
The Capital Homicide Division and the Military Police’s internal affairs unit are investigating the circumstances.
- Who
- BOPE officer Gláucio Marcelo Fonseca da Silva was killed. Five other military police officers were injured.
- What
- An exchange of fire between military police officers left one officer dead and six injured.
- When
- Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Freguesia, in Jacarepaguá, in the southwestern part of Rio de Janeiro.
- Why
- Police said low light may have led officers from the 18th Battalion to mistake the BOPE vehicle stop for a criminal operation.
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Police officers exchanged fire during a BOPE vehicle stop in Freguesia, Jacarepaguá.
The injured officers were taken to Lourenço Jorge Municipal Hospital, where Gláucio Marcelo Fonseca da Silva died.
Gláucio’s farewell was scheduled for the afternoon at Jardim da Saudade cemetery in Sulacap.
- Officer killed
- Gláucio Marcelo Fonseca da Silva, 54
- Injured officers
- Five
- Location
- Freguesia, Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro
- BOPE service
- 26 years
- Investigation
- Capital Homicide Division and the Military Police’s 2nd Military Police Judicial Police Precinct
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