Off-duty policeman kills himself after accidentally shooting his friend in the head with gun

A distraught off-duty policeman killed himself after accidentally shooting his friend in the head.



Flavio de Oliveira turned his own gun on himself after realising what had happened.



The, 31, who recently graduated from military police school, had apparently spent the afternoon drinking at a bar in Goiania, central west Brazil, with his friends.



He had planned to drive home after socialising and was inside his car last Thursday chatting to his mates, gathered on the roadside beside the vehicle, when a single shot rang out.



The bullet, which allegedly came from inside the stationery vehicle, hit Matheus Castro at point blank range.



The 20-year-old student was sitting astride his motorbike, dressed in a black t-shirt, close to the open window on the passenger side.