He tried to hide between parked cars. It didn't work.
Victim was shot after being chased through downtown streets while attempting to escape armed suspects on a motorcycle. Deceased had served time for organized crime including bank ATM explosions, hit-and-run death, and alleged police officer murder.
- Moizaniel Moreira da Silva Filho shot dead on Rua Clodoaldo Freitas, Teresina, Friday afternoon
- Released from prison approximately four months before killing
- Accused of involvement in 2016 bank ATM explosions at Instituto Dom Barreto
- Charged in July 2023 hit-and-run death of Manoel da Cruz Costa; driving 95 km/h in 60 km/h zone
- Acquitted in August 2023 case involving death of Sargento Francisco Machado de Carvalho Júnior
Security footage captured the pursuit and fatal shooting of Moizaniel Moreira da Silva Filho, a recently released convict with extensive criminal history, by two suspects on a motorcycle in downtown Teresina on Friday.
Security cameras recorded the final moments of Moizaniel Moreira da Silva Filho on a Friday afternoon in downtown Teresina. The man, known locally as "Filho Bombado," was running. Two people on a motorcycle were chasing him down Rua Clodoaldo Freitas. He tried to hide between parked cars. It didn't work. The passenger dismounted, armed, and fired. Moizaniel fell dead on the street.
The footage shows what witnesses would later confirm: a pursuit that ended in execution-style killing in broad daylight, in the city center, in front of whoever happened to be watching. According to Subtenente Willame of the BPRone police unit, Moizaniel had been out of prison for roughly four months. He had a long criminal record. When he saw the motorcycle, he ran. The bullets caught him anyway.
But the killing itself was only the most recent chapter in a much longer story. Moizaniel had spent years accumulating charges that painted a portrait of someone deeply embedded in organized crime. In 2016, he was accused of being part of a criminal organization that specialized in attacking bank terminals. The group allegedly detonated ATM machines belonging to Banco do Brasil and Bradesco at the Instituto Dom Barreto in Teresina. During that operation, security guards were subdued. The criminals scattered caltrops across the streets to slow down police response.
Then there was the death of Manoel da Cruz Costa. In July 2023, in the Mafrense neighborhood on Teresina's north side, Moizaniel was driving a Toyota Corolla without a license at speeds exceeding 95 kilometers per hour on a street with a 60-kilometer limit. He hit Costa, who was crossing the street. Costa died from his injuries. Moizaniel drove away without stopping, without calling for help, without acknowledging what had happened.
In August 2023, Moizaniel was also charged in connection with the death of Sargento Francisco Machado de Carvalho Júnior, a military police officer from Maranhão. The sergeant was killed during what prosecutors described as an armed robbery attempt on Avenida Barão de Gurguéia. Four men allegedly tried to steal money from union officials. Gunfire erupted. The sergeant was fatally wounded. The public ministry accused Moizaniel of involvement in the robbery and the killing.
But the courts disagreed. Moizaniel and the other defendants were acquitted. The judge found insufficient evidence to prove their participation. The case closed. Moizaniel remained free, at least until Friday afternoon, when the motorcycle found him on a downtown street.
What the security footage captured was not a mystery or a surprise. It was the collision of a man with a documented history of violence and organized crime activity with people who apparently decided that history needed to end. Whether those people were rivals, enforcers, or something else entirely remains unclear. What is clear is that Moizaniel Moreira da Silva Filho, four months removed from prison, is now dead—and the streets of Teresina have one fewer person with his particular set of skills and connections. Whether that makes the city safer, or simply reshuffles the deck, is a question the investigation will have to answer.
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He left prison four months ago. He's well-known, has an extensive record for homicide and receiving stolen goods.— Subtenente Willame, BPRone police
A Conversa do Hearth Outra perspectiva sobre a história
Why does a killing like this get recorded and released? What's the point of showing it?
Because it happened in public, in daylight, in the city center. The camera was there. The footage is evidence. And it shows something the police and prosecutors need to understand—how organized this was, how brazen. Two people on a motorcycle, broad daylight, execution-style. That's not random violence.
But he'd been acquitted in court. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence to convict him of killing that police officer. So why was he still a target?
That's the question, isn't it. The courts said one thing. But the streets apparently said another. Maybe the people who killed him didn't believe in the acquittal. Maybe they had information the judge didn't have. Or maybe they just decided the risk he posed was too great to let him keep breathing.
What about the hit-and-run? That one seemed pretty clear—he was driving too fast, he hit someone, he left.
That one was clear. Manoel da Cruz Costa died because Moizaniel was going 95 in a 60 zone without a license. That's not organized crime, that's just recklessness and cowardice. But it shows you the pattern. This wasn't a man who thought the rules applied to him.
And now someone else has decided the rules don't apply to them either.
Exactly. The question is whether this ends something or starts something. Whether his death closes a chapter or opens a new one.