Spanish tourist shot, killed by police in Rio de Janeiro slum

Police officers leave the Miguel Couto Hospital, where the body of Spanish tourist Maria Esperanza Ruiz Jimenez, 67, arrived after a shooting by a police officer in the Rocinha slum, according to authorities, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 23, 2017. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Police shot and killed a Spanish tourist in a Rio de Janeiro slum on Monday after the car she was riding in failed to stop at a police road block, authorities said.

Rio's police confirmed in a written statement that Maria Esperanza Ruiz Jimenez, 67, died after being shot by a police officer in the Rocinha slum.