Two young men, aged 20 and 22, were charged with murder this Tuesday afternoon police Alexis Meireles, 37, arrived in the neighborhood early Monday morning Marconi.
The defendants were sent to preventive detention for 180 days until August 5, 2024, while the investigation by first-tier murder prosecutor Carlos Negro continues.
The public prosecutor’s office managed to charge both of them with a particularly serious crime of homicide. A police officer and two protected witnesses who did not know each other located the perpetrators at the crime scene.
The 22-year-old defendant has a previous conviction for reception and theft and was released from custody on November 11, 2023.
The tax investigation revealed that the police officer was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time of the crime, the journalist reported Underlined Miguel Chagas, present at the hearing.
Prosecutor Negro said at the hearing that the bullet entered his lower groin and exited through the neckline of his vest. The defendants requested detention in a prison in the interior of the country.