A man under investigation in connection with the death of a woman in Barro Vermelho, a rural community in Lagarto, south-central Sergipe, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, after being shot during a police operation. According to the Sergipe State Public Security Secretariat (SSP-SE), officers provided assistance and took him to a hospital in the municipality, where he died. The Civil Police continue to investigate the woman’s death and the circumstances of the police incident.
What happened in Barro Vermelho
The woman was found dead inside a residence in Barro Vermelho late on Monday afternoon, October 19. According to the police account, officers were initially dispatched to a reported attempted homicide and found the victim with injuries possibly caused by a bladed weapon. The Mobile Emergency Care Service (Samu) confirmed her death.
The Lagarto Regional Police Station began investigating the case as a suspected femicide, the killing of a woman on gender-related grounds. This describes the authorities’ investigative classification, not a conviction or final determination of individual responsibility.
How officers searched for the man
According to SSP-SE, civil and military police conducted searches through Monday night, overnight and into Tuesday morning. Teams from the Lagarto Regional Police Station, the 7th Military Police Battalion, the Interior Tactical Police Actions Battalion and the Tactical Air Group took part.
The man was located in a wooded area on a rural property in Lagarto. SSP-SE says he resisted the police approach, was shot and received assistance from officers before dying at the hospital. The alleged resistance is the official account released at the time of this review; the circumstances surrounding the use of force still require investigation.
What remains under investigation
The Public Security Secretariat said the area was cordoned off for forensic examination and the Lagarto Regional Police Station began gathering information and witness statements. Investigators are still examining both the facts surrounding the woman’s death and the details of the police intervention that ended with the death of the man under investigation.
As of the review conducted on October 20, 2026, the consulted sources provided neither a final forensic conclusion nor a court ruling on these events. The man’s death must not be treated as proof that he committed femicide. This article withholds the victim’s personal details and does not reproduce images of the incident.
