Man shot dead near Rio opening ceremony
AP
Spectators leaving the opening ceremony of the Olympics were confronted by the body of a man shot dead near Maracana Stadium.
Eyewitnesses said early on Saturday that blood poured on to the road as medics tended to the man next to an ambulance.
Loud multiple gun shots were heard earlier by photographers from The Associated Press, forcing games volunteers and others leaving Friday night's ceremony to duck for cover behind cars.
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A shooter was seen running from the scene and fleeing in a car close to a university parking lot.
Organising committee spokesman Mario Andrada said his group will check on this but does not have "any information on any shooting outside or close to the stadium last night".
