Shooting incidents mar World Cup as firearms proliferate in Brazil
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A stray bullet hits a small boy near an area where thousands of soccer fans had earlier gathered. A volley of gunfire is heard near Honduras' training camp. An off-duty police officer pulls out a handgun and fires in the air to scatter protesters.
Across Brazil, the sound of gunfire has echoed during this year's World Cup.
Firearms proliferate in Brazil, where the drug trade has created a culture steeped in violence. With the world's eyes on the South American country, it's inevitable that Brazil's gun culture is being noticed as well.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Firearm-related deaths in Brazil are still among the highest in the world, even though the number of murders in the country has stabilized in recent years.