Brazil gangs shoot down police copter
2 officers die in crash; 4 injured
Posted: October 18, 2009 at 5:48 a.m.
Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter during a gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers and injuring four, police said.
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