Student shot dead outside convenience store in Naviraí, Brazil.
NEWS:
A 25-year-old student was shot dead outside a convenience store in central Naviraí, Mato Grosso do Sul, during the early hours of April 25, 2026. Security camera footage recorded the entire attack, including the gunman approaching the victim, firing at close range, struggling with him and shooting again after he fell.
The victim was identified as João Vitor da Silva da Fonseca. He was working at the business when the shooting occurred at approximately 00:2:45 a.m. on Rua dos Jardins.
The video shows João Vitor standing near a parked vehicle and speaking with another man. An armed man approaches on foot, draws a handgun and fires toward João Vitor’s head. Although wounded, João Vitor moves toward the attacker and the two briefly struggle before falling near a trash container.
The gunman regains his footing and fires repeatedly at João Vitor while he is on the ground. He begins to move away, then returns and fires another shot at the victim’s head before leaving the camera’s view. The recording directly establishes the attack and the repeated gunfire. It does not reveal the motive, show what happened before the shooter entered the frame or identify every person involved in the escape.
Police officers patrolling the area heard the gunshots and went to the convenience store. They found João Vitor lying outside the business with severe head wounds. Firefighters were called and confirmed his death at the scene.
Forensic investigators examined the area, and the body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office for a postmortem examination. Police initially recorded the investigation under Brazilian criminal classifications corresponding to aggravated homicide, kidnapping, unlawful confinement and coercion.
Early accounts differed over the exact number of shots. One police-attributed version reported more than five rounds, while other reports cited four or at least six. No publicly available autopsy, ballistics report or final forensic document located for this review resolved that discrepancy.
After the killing, a driver went to police and reported that armed men had forced him to assist in their escape. According to his statement, the men threatened him with a firearm and made him drive his own vehicle through the city while restricting his freedom.
The driver said he was also forced to stop and refuel the vehicle. The assailants later got out on the MS-141 state highway and entered another car that was waiting to support the escape. The driver contacted the Military Police after he was released.
Investigators identified Glauber Miranda Tinoco, 29, as the principal suspect. He had not been located when the first reports were published and was already wanted under a preventive arrest warrant connected to a separate attempted homicide investigation from November 2025.
The Military Police Tactical Force arrested Tinoco on the night of April 26, one day after João Vitor was killed. Officers located him in the district of Guassulândia, in the municipality of Glória de Dourados, approximately 84 kilometers from Naviraí.
Police said Tinoco ran when he saw the patrol vehicle and discarded a backpack during the attempted escape. Officers pursued and detained him. Inside the backpack, they reported finding an unloaded .38-caliber revolver, 39 packets containing 46.4 grams of cocaine, approximately 382 grams of crack cocaine and a digital scale.
According to the police account, Tinoco told the officers that the revolver had been used to kill João Vitor. The statement amounts to a police-reported admission, not a judicial finding of guilt. No publicly accessible ballistics report located for this review confirmed that the seized gun fired the bullets recovered in the homicide investigation.
Tinoco was taken to the First Civil Police Station in Naviraí for further legal proceedings. The arrest resolved the immediate search for the alleged shooter, but the available public record did not establish the motive for the killing or identify the people accused of helping with the highway escape.
Tinoco’s defense later asked a court to transfer him from custody in Naviraí to the Dourados State Penitentiary. The request, filed on April 28, argued that publicity surrounding the killing had exposed him to threats and created a risk to his physical safety. A report published on April 30 said no decision on the request had yet been confirmed.
As of June 9, 2026, no publicly accessible charging document, indictment, court judgment, final police report or forensic report located for this review established Tinoco’s criminal responsibility for João Vitor’s death. Police treated him as the principal suspect and attributed an admission to him, but any criminal liability remains subject to the judicial process.
The public information available by that date also did not identify the driver of the support vehicle, confirm whether another suspect had been arrested for the reported kidnapping, or explain why João Vitor was targeted.
