Fact-Check: Video Of a Man Being Shot Falsely Shared as One From Muzaffarnagar

This video is from June, when a man was shot by a criminal group called PCC in Brazil.

A gruesome video showing a man standing on an elevated platform and being shot is being shared as an incident from Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

(Note: We have refrained from adding any archives or links to the video due to its graphic nature.)

Is this true?: This incident is from Manaus in Brazil and not Muzaffarnagar, as claimed on social media.

• Lucas Pereira, 21 years old, was shot by Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) gunmen, while working at a commercial point on Penetração 2 street, Novo Aleixo neighbourhood, in the North zone of Manaus, Brazil in June 2024.

How did we find out?: At first, we divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across few posts on X which featured the same video.

• One post by user ‘@baudorio,’ written in Portuguese stated that the incident was from Manaus, Brazil.

• We, then, did a relevant keyword search and came across multiple news reports about this incident which happened in June.

• According to Portal Tucuma, a local news service from Brazil reported that a 21-year-old man named Lucas Pereira, also known as "Olhão," was shot and killed by PCC gunmen when he was working a job in the Novo Aleixo neighbourhood in Manaus, Brazil.

• The victim had a history of involvement with narcotics. The 4th Specialised Court for Crimes of Use and Trafficking of Narcotics (4th VECUTE) tried him in April on drug trafficking charges and had a court-issued open arrest warrant against him, according to a report by Diario Manauara, another local news outlet from Manaus.

• The report also stated that Lucas' murder was connected to a conflict between criminal organisations vying for control of the drug trade in the area.

• The report also stated that he was a member of the Comando Vermelho (CV), which is originally from Rio de Janeiro. The PCC, who killed him were originally from São Paulo.

• PCC is the largest prison gang in Brazil and also major exporter of cocaine.

Clarification by Muzaffarnagar police: The police posted on their official X account, clarifying that the viral video was not related to the Muzaffarnagar district.

• They also mentioned that legal action was being taken by registering a case against the person who shared the misleading video at Nai Mandi police station.

Conclusion: A video showing a man being shot is being falsely shared as one from Muzaffarnagar, UP.

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