Tonelero is a street located in the neighborhood of Copacabana in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Siqueira Campos and Cardeal Arcoverde stations of Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Metro are accessible from this street.

In an attempt to assassinate publishing executive and politician Carlos Lacerda, perpetrator, Alcino João do Nascimento, fatally shot his bodyguard, Major Rubens Vaz, wounded security guard, Sálvio Romeiro, and injured Lacerda with a shot in the foot.

[1] An investigation following the incident found that Nascimento, a professional carpenter, had been a hired gun for Climério Euribes de Almeida, who accompanied him during the crime and was only identified later.

[2] The Tonelero shooting escalated the political crisis that led to calls for Vargas to resign, and which culminated in his suicide by gunshot on 24 August 1954.