Feira de Santana experiences spate of homicides, including worker shot dead
Between Saturday and Sunday, Feira de Santana recorded four homicides. Victims were found in the neighborhoods of São João, Queimadinha and Santo Antônio dos Prazeres, some with multiple gunshot wounds and one partially carbonized. The fourth victim, 31‑year‑old Vítor Leví do Nascimento Gonçalves, was shot inside a residential condominium near a bar. No motive or suspects have been identified.
On Monday night, 30‑year‑old worker Helton Bruno de Jesus Oliveira was shot multiple times while returning home in the Calumbi area. Two other people were also injured in the same incident. Police say the assailants used a 9 mm pistol and are investigating possible links to local criminal factions, but the motive remains unknown.