Four dead after police helicopter shot down by gang

Four police officers have died after their helicopter crashed over Rio de Janeiro’s notorious City of God favela. In video footage of the crash, sustained gunfire can be heard before the helicopter drops from the sky, narrowly missing a main road. The helicopter was giving support to a police operation against gangs in the favela, […]

Four police officers have died after their helicopter crashed over Rio de Janeiro’s notorious City of God favela. In video footage of the crash, sustained gunfire can be heard before the helicopter drops from the sky, narrowly missing a main road. The helicopter was giving support to a police operation against gangs in the favela, according to police. Police reportedly began a large scale operation on Sunday in western Rio, with arrests and seizures of drugs. A police spokesman said that forensics officers were examining the wreckage to determine the cause of the crash.