This is the horrifying moment a driver shoots a 23-month-old girl in the head in a bloody road rage attack.

The killer, named as pick-up truck driver Alex de Oliveira Nunes, had seconds earlier pulled over to let a family saloon pass him when it honked at him to get by.

But grim CCTV streetcam footage filmed in Areia Branca, in Sergipe, in Brazil, on Tuesday, 24th June, shows how 28-year-old Nunes then began tailgating the tiny hatchback.

As he pulls closer, a hand with a pistol emerges from the driver's window and fires twice at the car in front.

Terrified, the hatchback driver tries to get away but is followed by Nunes' pick-up truck as the clip comes to an end.

Photo shows baby Layla Sofia Santos Menezes, undated. She was shot and killed by a road rage driver in Areia Branca, Brazil, on 24 June 2025. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)

Toddler Layla Sofia Santos Menezes died instantly when one of he bullets hit her in the head, police told local media.

Nunes, who was drunk at the time, later told the police that he had opened fire to "scare" the other driver.

Police spokesperson Miguel Maximino said Nunes has neither a gun licence nor a driving licence.

Photo shows Alex Oliveira Nunes, undated. He was arrested for shooting and killing one-year-and-11-month-old Layla Sofia Santos Menezes in Areia Branca, Brazil, on 24 June 2025. Note: Private photo. (Newsflash/NX)

Maximino added: "He says he was drunk and that he didn't know who was in the other vehicle."

Nunes is being held in custody while police investigate the killing.

(Joseph Golder / newsX)