A man was shot dead during a confrontation on the BR-101 highway in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, while police attempted to intervene in a robbery situation.
A tragic incident unfolded on the BR-101 highway in São Gonçalo, a part of the Greater Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, where a man named Alan de Souza Nascimento was shot dead during a confrontation involving armed robbers and the police. The events took place early on Saturday, the 21st, as police were responding to reports of robberies occurring on the highway. Alan, who was returning from work in a vehicle carrying two others, became a victim of the violent exchange.