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Olympic officer shot in head after wrong turn into slum

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Elite special forces raided a slum in Rio de Janeiro Thursday after officers providing security at the Olympics made a wrong turn and encountered gunfire. One police officer was shot in the head, and was recovering at a local hospital.

The officers from Brazil's national security force were using a GPS device to navigate unfamiliar streets when they took a wrong turn off a highway leading to Rio's international airport. Their truck was sprayed with bullets, and one officer, Helio Vieira, was shot in the head. The Justice Ministry said Vieira was recovering after a four-hour surgery, and was in stable condition.