CACHOEIRAS DE MACACU, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MARCH 2, 2026 Directly in front of the entrance to a local restaurant, where several unsuspecting guests were sitting at the time, a targeted liquidation of a thirty-seven-year-old man named William Nascimento Barros Silva took place.
The entire attack was captured by security cameras. The attackers opened fire while the victim was within reach of the public, leading to chaos and panic among the customers present. In addition to William, who succumbed to numerous gunshot wounds on the spot, two other people were hit. They were rushed to the nearest medical facility with injuries of varying severity.
Police are working with the version that it was a settling of accounts between criminal groups and are intensively searching for the perpetrators, who immediately fled the scene.
