In chilling footage, a father hands his child to his wife after realising he is about to be assassinated.

He calmly turns to his partner to whisper his final words before passing her their child and kneeling on the ground.

The shocking CCTV footage begins with 46-year-old lawyer André Ribeiro parking his car outside an address in the state of Permambuco in Brazil.

He makes his way around to the other side of the car to open the door and lift out his child, reports The Sun.

All this time his killer had been lying in wait.

Moments later the gunman - dressed in a white t-shirt and baseball cap - appears in shot and takes aim at Ribeiro.

The father looks at him before, incredibly, handing his wife their child. He appears to show no fear.

André Ribeiro walks around the car to open the door and lift his child out

The gunman forces him to kneel before shooting him five times in Permambuco, Brazil

He walks over to his car and kneels before the killer unloads five bullet into him at point blank range.

Ribeiro died instantly and his wife and child were unhurt. The man fled the scene.

Local media has also suggested the woman was the man's maid. The motive for the execution remains unclear.