Two members of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) clashed in a fierce shootout with criminals following they tried to steal the car they were in. The agents were injured and were taken to the hospital without risk of life, while the thieves fled.
the event occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Monday in the Buenos Aires town of San Justo, on Malabia street at 2200. The uniformed men, one agent and another sub-inspector, were in a private car on their way to serve the Haedo Urban Deployment Unit.
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The sub-inspector, who lives on Sarratea street at 2200 San Justo, had gone to search with your white Citroen DS3 vehicle to his partner. However, he decided to return to his home to look for a stamp.
When they were regarding to reach the intersection of the streets, a black Peugeot 307 in which three assailants were traveling cut them off. Realizing that his victims were policemen, they started shooting at the Citroenso the uniformed repelled the attack with bullets.
The intense shooting was recorded by security cameras. There were at least 14 shots, of which eight of them hit the windshield of the agents’ vehicle. After the meeting, the criminals escaped and the officers got out of the car badly injured.
The 26-year-old agent who was behind the wheel received injuries to his arm and right leg. His partner, 37, suffered an impact on the left wrist. The uniformed men were taken by police officers from the 1st San Justo police station to the Hospital Paroissien de Isidro Casanova. They were then transferred to the Churruca Hospital. According to the medical report, both are out of danger.
As the assailants managed to escape, a survey was carried out in different hospitals in the area to determine if someone with a gunshot wound entered that might be part of this gang. For now, the attackers have not yet been identified.
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The investigation is carried out by the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) number 12, by Carlos Arribas, while Scientific Police personnel carried out the expertise on the spot. Likewise, mobile phones from the Federal Police came to collaborate with the investigation at the scene of the attack on their companions.
The same thing happened with uniformed personnel from the DDI La Matanza, who they interviewed neighbors to see if they might better describe the criminals or the vehicle in which they were travelingwhile they made the corresponding survey of cameras.
“It was terrible”: the story of a neighbor who witnessed the event
Before being transferred to the hospital, the officers were assisted by residents of the area, who came to help them following a cry for help from the uniformed. In this sense, Daniela, one of the women who came to assist the wounded, told the press regarding the events she witnessed.
“We were at home sitting in the living room and we began to hear a lot of shots. When we looked out the window, my husband he thought they had killed those inside the white car because they didn’t get out. They didn’t move,” he commented in dialogue with TN.
He also explained that the criminals “were three” and that from his house he heard shots. Immediately followingwards, “screams began” from the police for the assailants to stop their attack.
“When the shooting started, the driver of the black car left them on foot. The other two escaped running down the street. It was terrible“, he affirmed. In addition, he commented that she called 911 and that immediately several patrolmen came to the place.
Added to this, she and her husband assisted the officers. “Together with my husband we went down to help the policemen. A boy from the other block also participated. We made them a tourniquet with sheets and towels where they had the wounds.“, he specified. One of the agents was a neighbor of the area since he lived around the corner from where the attack occurred.
MB / ED
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