An 18-year-old boy identified as Hernán Darío Rodríguez Urrea, a native of the Magangué municipality, was seriously injured in the middle of an incident that took place in La Guacherna, in Barranquilla, between members of the Police and a group of people who disturbed public order. .
This unfortunate event occurred at 5 in the morning of this Saturday, February 11, at 84th Street with Carrera 44 in the capital of the Atlantic. What is known so far is that, apparently, patrolmen were trying to calm the spirits of a group of people who were under the influence of intoxicating drinks. Read here: Despite good behavior, there were 5 people captured in La Guacherna
“Hernán was leaving an establishment with other young countrymen. There were several men fighting and the uniformed men shot to disperse them and injured my nephew, who had nothing to do with the events,” Diana Leal, aunt and lawyer for the victim of this event, told the Zona Cero news portal.
The state of health of the Bolivarian, who studies Medicine in Barranquilla, is “delicate”, as the bullet would have hit his head. He is treated at the Reina Catalina clinic in the same city.
This is the police
The Barranquilla Metropolitan Police Command explained that its troops arrived at the site to address a community complaint due to the high degree of volume that a group of citizens had with a car sound system.
“Applying police mediation as a first measure, without achieving the cessation of the disturbance, following that and as a consequence of the drunken state of these people, a confrontation and attack with forceful elements once morest the integrity of our uniformed personnel began, which made necessary application of other police means to restore coexistence in the sector, ”explains the institution in a statement. Also read: Hit man in El Campestre: he was released from jail and was killed 22 days later
In addition, he confirmed that “a person was injured who was shot with a firearm, who was transferred in an institutional vehicle to a care center to be treated in relation to the injury already described.” Read here: They would have taken a photo of those tortured and thrown in a bag before killing them
Regarding this fact, it was also announced that “investigations into the case were immediately and informally activated with the competent authorities within the framework of the institutional transparency policy to determine alleged responsibilities, highlighting that the case has been handled jointly by the CTI of the Prosecutor’s Office and our criminal and disciplinary investigative units, “said the institution.