13-05-2025
Horrifying moment police officer 'shoots man after accusing him of looking at his girlfriend'
This is the alarming moment that a jealous police officer allegedly shot a man because he had 'looked' at his girlfriend.
Brazilian police chief Luiz Alberto Braga de Queiroz has been suspended for 120 days following an altercation which saw street vendor Emmanuel Apory hospitalised.
Harrowing CCTV footage shows the off-duty cop giving Apory a push before wagging his finger in his face.
Apory then responds by lashing out and punching Queiroz, causing him to stumble backwards.
But a flash is then seen and Apory falls to the ground. He could be seen picking himself up and stumbling around before the end of the footage, while the officer reportedly fled in an official police vehicle.
Witnesses have claimed the police chief was furious because Apory had 'looked' at the woman he was with.
The confrontation between the two, which happened last Monday on the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, ended with Apory getting shot in the leg with a revolver and subsequently taken to a local hospital.
He was flown to a larger facility in Recife on Monday afternoon after Queiroz had already left the island, and is now stable after undergoing surgery.
Apory's mother told Brazilian media that her son had 'met the woman' two days before at the gym.
'When he got to the venue on Sunday, she was with the police chief, but he avoided greeting her to prevent any kind of jealousy,' she said.
'The thing is, on Saturday night, she'd been with one of his friends at a party. So I think the officer assumed it was my son.'
In a video sent to TV Globo, Apory denied having harassed Queiroz's companion, adding: 'At no point did I say anything to her, or to him. I saw, from the beginning, that she was accompanied.
'I was already heading home. I was surprised when he approached me and turned me towards the tree.'
Brazilian media also suggested the woman at the centre of the altercation was Thamires Cavalcanti, a nutritionist who works in Recife.
Civil Police have now opened an investigation into the incident, and Queiroz's weapon has been confiscated while the probe is ongoing.
The Association of Delegates of the State of Pernambuco (Adepe) have defended Queiroz, saying he acted in 'self-defense, in the face of unjust aggressions'.
They also claimed he identified himself as a police officer prior to the confrontation and made Apory aware he was carrying a firearm.
Adepe claimed that Apory tried to disarm him through physical attacks, which Queiroz responded to with a single shot to the leg.
They said the location of the wound 'demonstrates the technical preparation and emotional balance of the police officer, who acted to neutralize the threat with the least possible damage, preventing the weapon from being stolen.'
Apory's defence lawyers said they were surprised Queiroz had not been arrested and said the incident 'upset the island's population, who were aware of the victim's peaceful nature'.
