27-year-old man is shot dead in Costa Barros; police are investigating whether he was mistaken for a drug dealer

One of them is that Isaac was the victim of an attempted robbery. In this line of investigation, he would have reacted and run when the criminals shot. The other hypothesis is that the young man was mistaken for a drug dealer.

Investigators are investigating whether criminals linked to the Third Comando Puro (TCP), which operates in Complexo da Pedreira, had confused Isaque with a member of drug trafficking from Complexo do Chapadão, an area controlled by Comando Vermelho (CV), a rival faction.

So far, however, there is no conclusion about the motivation for the murder.

According to the Military Police, agents from the 41st BPM (Irajá) were called to a homicide on Rua Mogiqui. At the scene, they found the body of a man and preserved the area for forensic examination.

Isaque's body was taken to the Instituto Médico-Legal (IML), in the center of Rio. There is still no information about the location of the wake and burial.

On social media, relatives and friends mourned Isaque's death and described him as a hard-working, calm young man who attended an evangelical church in the community.

Last month, his wife had published a video showing the renovation of the couple's property.