More Than 20 Shots Fired in Killing of Leandro Chaves da Silva in Ceará

Overview

• Security footage shows a motorcyclist approaching as the 33-year-old stopped his bike to use his phone in Iracema on Jan. 4.
• The attacker fired an initial volley, reloaded, and shot again before fleeing, and the victim died at the scene.
• Leandro Chaves da Silva was identified as the owner of a metalworking shop in São Carlos, São Paulo.
• The Ceará Public Security Secretariat said the Polícia Civil leads the homicide probe, with Military Police and forensic teams deployed and the Iracema precinct handling the case.
• Influencer Lea Reis, the victim’s sister, publicly mourned his death on social media.