Suspect in prior homicide shot dead in Breu Branco, Brazil.
NEWS:
A man known by the nicknames “Barbixa” and “Magrão” was shot dead on Rua Leonina Barbosa in Breu Branco, Pará, Brazil, on the night of Sunday, April 26, 2026.
The victim was identified in public reports as Josiel de Souza Silva. Another regional report used the spelling Joasiel de Sousa Silva. Both accounts identified him by the same nicknames, “Barbixa” and “Magrão,” and placed the killing in the Bairro Liberdade area of Breu Branco.
Residents reported hearing several gunshots before the body was found. When people reached the area, the man was on the ground with no signs of life.
One local account said the victim was in front of his home when two men approached from the yard of a nearby residence and opened fire. That detail was attributed to family members in the report and has not appeared in a publicly located official statement.
Police were called after the shooting. The initial account said spent 9mm shell casings were found at the scene, along with a spring and a magazine casing. Those details were reported from the preliminary scene information and were not found in a public forensic report.
The Scientific Police was called for the required examination at the scene, and the body was removed to the Legal Medical Institute in Tucuruí.
The Civil Police in Breu Branco opened an investigation to determine the circumstances, motive and authorship of the killing. No arrest was reported in the available public material.
Reports also stated that the victim was out of custody under a legal authorization or conditional release for health treatment. The same accounts said he had been suspected of involvement in a previous homicide in Breu Branco that killed Ícaro Daniel de Oliveira Dantas, known as “Amigão,” near the city’s artificial beach.
The prior case was reported in 2020, when police arrested a man identified by similar nicknames as a suspect in the killing of Ícaro Dantas. That older allegation is part of the public background reported about the victim, but no public document located during this review established that the prior case was the motive for the April 2026 killing.
The available footage connected to the case confirms the violent crime scene and the aftermath of the shooting. The material reviewed does not independently identify the shooters, confirm how many people fired, or establish the motive.
The confirmed record is that the man known as “Barbixa” or “Magrão” was found dead after gunfire on Rua Leonina Barbosa, police and forensic teams responded, the body was removed to the IML, and the Civil Police opened an investigation. The identity spelling, the precise number of shooters and the motive remain points that depend on further official confirmation.
News story written by DarkGore.
