CCTV shows a burglar fall dead into a garden pool after being shot by the householder he was trying to rob, writes dailymail.co.uk

The man was burgling a house in Pocone, in the central Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, as family members were gathering in the back garden.

Two men are seen standing near the pool and a woman parks a bicycle against the garden wall. 

Then the woman turns and shouts out to her husband, who was reportedly in their bedroom, having noticed an intruder coming out of the house. 

A young man bursts out of the house and runs up the garden, towards the woman. 

But the thief falls and slumps into the pool as he passes it, having been shot dead by the husband. 

As the clip ends the other men, believed to be friends or relatives of the householders, are seen running over to the pool. 

The householder who fired the fatal shot, unseen in the CCTV film, was not named in reports.

The intruder was identified as 19-year-old Patrick de Oliveira, who was reported to have died instantly. 

His accomplice, unseen in the footage, fled and remains at large. 

Police arrested the homeowner and he is being investigated for homicide, though it is not certain that charges will be pressed, local media reported.