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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A police officer was shot in the head after he and two others working security at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics got lost near a slum and encountered gunfire. Dylan DeMelo Jersey .The officers from Brazils national security force were using a GPS device to navigate unfamiliar streets Wednesday afternoon when they took a wrong turn off a highway leading to Rios international airport. Their truck was sprayed with bullets, and officer Helio Vieira was shot. The Justice Ministry said Vieira was recovering after a four-hour surgery, and was in stable condition. The other officers suffered minor injuries when the windows of their vehicle shattered.Dozens of heavily armed commandos could be seen Thursday frisking residents and going house to house in the Mare complex of slums, one of Rios most crime-ridden areas that is dominated by drug-trafficking gangs. Snipers took up positions on a nearby highway, as a low-flying police helicopter circled overhead.Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said two suspects had been identified but were not yet in custody. He denounced what he called a cowardly attack.The incident was the bloodiest of several that have marred the start of South Americas first Olympic Games.On Tuesday, two windows were shattered on a bus carrying journalists from an Olympic venue in the impoverished Deodoro district. Rio organizers said the bus was hit by a rock, even though one passenger, who identified herself as a former American military officer, believed the cause to be gunfire. There were no serious injuries.The equestrian venue in Deodoro has had two brushes with stray gunfire since the games started. A bullet flew through the roof of a media tent there Saturday; officials said it had been fired from a hillside slum, and that the intended target was probably a security camera on a blimp. A second bullet hit Wednesday near the stables. Officials were adding more security at the venue.Muggings have also been reported among Olympic athletes, officials and journalists.Pervasive violence is an everyday part of life in Rio. After declines in past years, homicides have spiked again as Brazils worst recession in decades fuels violence and forces budget cuts. The number of homicides in the first five months of 2016 increased by 18 percent to 1,870 in greater Rio.Police killings are also on the rise, with the vast majority of victims black residents of impoverished slums that are fiefdoms of the citys many criminal gangs.More than 85,000 security forces -- double the number present in London in 2012 -- have been deployed to the city to keep thousands of Olympic athletes and an estimated 500,000 tourists safe.---Joshua Goodman is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apjoshgoodman His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/joshua-goodman Christian Jaros Jersey . Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche, who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play, came with just over a minute remaining. Jason Spezza Jersey . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. http:///...ker-senators-jersey/ . -- Playing time has been limited for Maxim Tissot this season, so the Montreal Impact defender made the most of his first scoring opportunity on Saturday.Elise Christie added a 1,000m silver to her 1,500m bronze at the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul on Sunday. The Sky Academy Sports Scholar, who was narrowly beaten in the final of the 1500m on Saturday, maintained her fine form to stay in the top two throughout the race before being beaten to line by South Koreas Minjeong Choi. The 25-year-old Scot later qualified for the 3,000m Super Final, finishing third  to secure an overall world ranking of third. Great Britains overall performance means they will now qualify for three ladies positions at the World Championships in 2017.It didnt all go to plan at this championships but I am walking away with a silver and a bronze medal in the individuals and third place ranking overall, said Christie.Its brought a tough year to a close and now we will head back home, review the season and look for the elements to improve on next year.The only disappointment of the weekend was a quarter-final exit in the 500m, but overall it was another fine show from the rising star on the ice. Jean-Gabriel Pageau Senators Jersey. It rounded up an incredible couple of months for Christie who has won three golds at four World Cup events and bagged four European golds in Sochi in January.Elsewhere, Jack Whelbourne failed to qualify from the 1,000m quarter-finals, but finished ninth overall after a fifth-place finish in the 500m and sixth in the 1500m on Saturday. Charlotte Gilmartin also failed to qualify for the 1,000m and finished 10th overall.Nicky Gooch, Christies coach and head coach of GB Short Track, said: Im really proud of the way the athletes performed.Charlotte Gilmartin has made big progress throughout the season and Jack Whelbourne has shown great resilience to overcome injury and perform with so little preparation.Although perhaps missing some opportunities to walk away with gold, Elise has still had the best World Championships of her career to date. Also See: Reinvented Christie set for Worlds Gold for Whitlock in GWC ' ' '