On the morning of February 23, 2026, Willian Rafael Nonato, aged 33, was fatally shot on Rua Quaresmeira in the Eucaliptos neighborhood of Fazenda Rio Grande, located in the metropolitan area of Curitiba, Parana state, Brazil. According to official reports and security camera records, Nonato was inside a stationary vehicle outside his residence accompanied by his wife when another automobile approached. Upon attempting to flee on foot, he was struck by a vehicle and subsequently shot multiple times with a 9 mm caliber firearm by three armed individuals in public view. His wife managed to flee the scene uninjured, while the victim died at the location. The vehicle used by the perpetrators was later recovered partially burned near a bridge over the Iguaçu River.
Civil Police of Parana established that this event is directly related to a prior armed occurrence on November 2, 2025, in the Campo de Santana neighborhood of Curitiba. During that incident, multiple firearm discharges were recorded at a family gathering. The attack resulted in injuries to four individuals, including a 56-year-old woman identified as Sandra Aparecida de Oliveira Pinto, who succumbed to her injuries on January 22, 2026, and a two-year-old child who survived. Nonato had been apprehended on January 25, 2026, in connection with the investigation into the November event and was subsequently released prior to the February incident.
Law enforcement agencies, including the Civil Police of Parana and the Military Police, initiated Operation Jano to investigate the fatal shooting. By May 2026, authorities reported the execution of arrest warrants against key suspects: a 31-year-old individual detained on April 30 in the Alto Boqueirão area of Curitiba, and two other men, aged 23 and 28, who were already in custody for separate offenses. Official statements indicate that investigators attribute the conflict to territorial rivalries over local narcotics distribution in the southern area of Curitiba.
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