Core (civil police officers from the Special Resources Coordination) carried out, this Tuesday (2), an action in Ladeira dos Tabajaras, in Copacabana, South Zone of Rio, in search of the suspects of killing civil police officer João Pedro Marquini, in March.
One of the suspects, Jefferson Rosa dos Reis, known as “Jef”, was killed in the operation. There was an arrest warrant against him for the murder.
Investigations by the Capital Homicide Police Station (DHC) showed that Jef and another drug dealer were the perpetrators of the shooting.
In a statement, the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police states that the police officers were attacked upon arriving in the community, leading to a confrontation. During the exchange of gunfire, one of the suspects was injured and forced a resident to take him to a hospital in a van.
Police officers followed them and confirmed Jefferson’s death at the hospital.
Jef has a police record for drug trafficking, trafficking association, criminal organization, firearm theft, homicide and robbery.
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