Overview
- The 42-year-old motorist, Alisson Oliveira de Jesus, intervened Thursday night in Vila Calú when he saw two armed men trying to steal a motorcycle.
- He drove into the attackers and his car punched partway through a bar wall, after which one assailant shot him in the head at close range and both fled on foot.
- Investigators report the robbers abandoned their motorcycle at the scene with an altered license plate, and detectives are seeking surveillance video and witnesses to identify them.
- Civil Police opened a robbery-with-homicide case and assigned it to the Homicide and Person Protection Department, which also seized the car for forensic analysis.
- The rider who was targeted called the victim a hero and urged people not to resist robberies, saying insurance and GPS tracking can help recover vehicles without risking lives.