The officers ended up having a gun battle which landed them in hospital with life-treating injuries after one of them mistook the other for a robber
Two Brazilian police officers are lucky to have escaped with their lives after a misunderstanding led to them having a bloody shoot-out.
In a terrifying case of mistaken identity, a civilian police officer mistook a military policeman for a robber and both ended up firing shots at each other in a chemist shop on Wednesday afternoon in Fortaleza, north east Brazil.
Civilian cop, Olívio Gabriel Torres, who works as a crime investigator, was hit in the face and military police officer, Edilson Barreto da Silva, who patrols the streets, suffered bullet wounds to his thigh and abdomen.
Security cameras in the pharmacy show Silva , who was off-duty at the time, standing at the counter as he prepares to pay for medication.
According to witnesses, Torres was walking past the store when he noticed Silva was armed and 'seemed to be acting suspiciously'.
Moments later security cameras record Torres entering, pulling his gun and striding up as he points his revolver at Silva's back.
Mirror Reports
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