Young Diego Kaliniski, 26, was shot dead by a military police officer during an early morning approach last Sunday (5) in Vera, Mato Grosso. According to Prime Minister Mato Grosso, officers were called in to respond to the public disorder incident.

Police approach ends in death in Mato Grosso – Video: Reproduction/Internet/ND

At the scene, police said they saw a group of people gathered around a car playing loud music and demanded paperwork for the car. According to the police portal UOL, Kaliniski presented the document on a mobile phone, but later took the checkbook. [bloco para notificação] and a baton of one of them, and then verbally abused the officers.

In the episode, Diego resists the approach, to which the Prime Minister announces an arrest for contempt. Shortly thereafter, the young man and the deputies got into a scuffle, until at some point the young man took a baton from one of the policemen and tried to attack him, and the policeman fired.

At least three shots hit Diego, and another shot hit the victim’s brother, who was hospitalized. According to the Prime Minister, there is no information about his state of health.

What the police say

“Given the numerical superiority and aggressiveness of the suspects, these funds were not enough, which required the use of firearms, which were used sparingly,” the military police said.

According to the video footage and the Prime Minister’s report, there is no record of the youth group carrying firearms and no shots were fired at the police.

In contact with UOL, a military police adviser said that the two police officers involved had been removed and an investigation was launched to see if excessive force was used by the officers.

“The government of Mato Grosso emphasizes that this is not compatible with any violence or abuse of power,” the advisory council said in a note.