The military police officer who was removed from operational activities. The Senegalese died after being shot by a military police officer on Avenida Rangel Pestana, in Brás, central region of São Paulo.
According to information from the São Paulo State Military Police, the street vendor would have been approached by police during an operation to seize irregular goods. Ngange tried during the action, when he was hit by firearm shots.
The seller was rescued and was taken to the Hospital of Santa Casa de Misericórdia, but could not resist the injuries and died. The bar used in the aggression was seized, as was the agent’s weapon.
The occurrence was recorded in the 8th Police District as a death arising from police intervention and attempted murder. The case will be investigated by the Department of Homicide and Person Protection (DHPP).
In a statement, the Immigrant Human Rights and Citizenship Center expressed solidarity with the Ngange family and the Senegalese community.
See the full note:
“We received with deep sadness and indignation the news of the death of the trader Senegalese Ngange Mbaye, which took place on April 11, 2025, in the Brás neighborhood of Sao Paulo. Once again, a black man, migrant and worker has his life violently interrupted in a context of repression and excessive police approach.
Ngange Mbaye worked as a street vendor when he was approached by military police.
Cases like this reveal how institutionalized violence continues to make victims, especially among black, peripheral and migrant populations. These are lives treated as disposable, in a cruel cycle of exclusion and neglect.
We express our solidarity with the Ngange family, the Senegalese community and all migrant people who, daily, face racism, xenophobia and precariousness in their work and survival routines.
It is essential that there is a rapid, transparent and impartial investigation into the case, with the proper accountability of those involved and the adoption of concrete measures so that tragedies like this are not repeated. ”
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