The news article isn't very long, so I'll just copy that out here. Details seem to be.. scarce. [quote]A Brazilian police officer playing a prank on a colleague by simulating a hold-up has been shot and killed. An officer in the city of Rondonopolis was pulling out of his garage to go to work, when his friend rode up on a motorcycle wearing a helmet saying it was a hold-up. The officer in the car drew his gun and fired several shots into his friend's stomach. When he realised it was his friend, he rushed him to a hospital, but it was too late.[/quote] [url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/OddSpot/2013/01/19/Brazil_cop_shot_dead_in_prank_hold-up_837048.html?cid=ZBP_NEWS_L_L6-9_Brazilcopshotdeadinprankholdup_RSS_180113]Source.[/url] It doesn't say anything about whether or not the victim was carrying a weapon, so I assume that there wasn't one involved. Given what little information there is, do you think shooting someone several times is necessary in said situation? Do you think the cop who shot his mate should be accountable for his actions?