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.
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