After 4 deaths, PM receives report of new criminal attack, arrests man and apprehends teenager

A 26-year-old man was shot and a 16-year-old teenager was apprehended on Tuesday night (10) during an action by the Military Police (PM-AC) in Ramal da Castanheira, Second District of Rio Branco. The team received a report about a possible attack in the Cidade do Povo Housing Complex region.

The police action occurred after four deaths were recorded in the same region this Tuesday. The PM-AC reported that four vehicles were sent to the location to verify the information received by the 2nd Battalion's intelligence sector.

According to PM-AC, the two were in an abandoned house and planned to attack members of a rival criminal organization. When they arrived at the scene, police found several people gathered together.

Upon noticing the teams approaching, the suspects began running in different directions through the woods and a chase began in the region.

During the escape, the man tried to hide in the vegetation of a vacant lot. According to the PM, he pointed a revolver in the direction of the police officers.

However, the military fired and one shot hit his right arm. After being shot, the man dropped the gun and surrendered.

The police officers themselves called the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu), which sent a vehicle to the scene and took the man to the Rio Branco Emergency Room. He was admitted to the unit in stable health.

After being medically discharged, the man was taken to the Flagrantes Police Station (Defla), along with the seized revolver.

In the same incident, the police also apprehended the 16-year-old teenager. Another firearm and a quantity of drugs were found with him. The teenager was taken to the Flagrantes Police Station with the seized material.

According to the police, the abandoned location was also used as a drug sales point and a meeting place for the group to plan attacks.

Murders in less than 24 hours

This Tuesday, four men were shot dead in Rio Branco. The victims were Ruan Vítor Araújo Brasiliano, aged 23; Antônio Carlos dos Santos Jardim, 31; Wenisson Nick Ponceano Souza, 20; and Rafael da Conceição Miller, aged 20. All crimes were registered in the Second District of the capital.

Ruan was murdered in the early hours of the morning, after three armed men broke into the house where he slept with his wife, in the Belo Jardim I neighborhood. Antônio Carlos and Wenisson were found dead in the afternoon, in a wooded area close to block 22 of Cidade do Povo. Both had their hands tied and had gunshot wounds to their heads.

The fourth murder was that of Rafael, shot dead while walking with his wife along Ramal Santa Fé, in the Benfica neighborhood, Vila Acre region. According to the Military Police, two men on a motorcycle chased him and shot at him.

Two of the victims were monitored by an electronic ankle monitor. g1 contacted the Civil Police to find out if the four murders were related to each other or to possible disputes between criminal organizations, but received no response until the last update of this report.