Hitman Arrested For Fatally Shooting Shop Owner In Front Of His Young Daughter

This is the shocking moment an alleged hitman enters an office and asks a young girl to fetch her dad before drawing a pistol and shooting him dead right in front of her and a young boy.

Diemison Ramos da Silva, 27, was arrested for killing businessman Odsinei Goncalves dos Santos, 55, in the neighbourhood of Novo Milenio in the Brazilian city of Manaus on Tuesday, 19th October.

The fatal shooting took place at around 1 pm on 23rd July and was recorded by the office’s security camera.

Suspect Diemison Ramos da Silva arrested for the murder of businessman Odsinei Goncalves dos Santos in Manaus, Brazil. (Newsflash)

The footage shows how the suspect enters the office and talks to a young girl and young boy who are playing on a computer.

The girl is then seen fetching her father and the suspect is seen calmly walking towards him before pulling a handgun from his waist and shooting him multiple times before fleeing.

Goncalves is seen falling to the ground and appears to pass out from his injuries. Meanwhile, his daughter is seen running out of the office in apparent terror.

Suspect Diemison Ramos da Silva arrested for the murder of businessman Odsinei Goncalves dos Santos in Manaus, Brazil. (PC-AM/Newsflash)

The emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after the shooting and took the victim to the 28 de Agosto Hospital and Emergency Room, where he died shortly after admission.

A police investigation into the incident was launched, which culminated in the arrest of the suspect several months later.

The news site Em Tempo reported that the police have two theories about why the suspect carried out the hit.

The murder of businessman Odsinei Goncalves dos Santos in Manaus, Brazil in July 2021. (Newsflash)

One is that the crime was driven by an argument between the pair and the second is that drug dealers hired him to kill the businessman because he had reported drug dealing in the area.

The suspect was taken into preventive custody and it is not clear when he will face trial.

It is not clear if the boy seen in the footage was also related to the victim.