Who is the public relationist shot dead at the door of Pinar de Roca

02/10/2020 - 17:49

• Clarín.com
• Police

Leonardo Martínez (33) was known as "El Pollo". He was a public relationsist for Pinar de Rocha and years ago he was in charge of offering afters that work on Sundays and holidays from 7 in the morning. A move that extended throughout the day. Therefore, this Sunday I was at the door of the bowling alley of Villa Sarmiento, in Morón, next to a security, a policeman and other companions. There he was surprised by a gunshot attack, in which he ended up getting shot in the neck that killed him.

The attack is related to a previous incident. Around 18, they removed a 19-year-old from the place for an alleged discussion.

The security cameras took the moment in which they kick him out of the "quiet and no problem" bowling alley. There were no shoves or struggles, only a verbal exchange is perceived.

Pinar de Rocha's lawyers quickly adjudicated the attack on a previous problem between the murderer and his victim , although sources of the investigation could not confirm that version.

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About 8 years ago Leonardo Martínez worked for Pinar de Rocha as a PR, and he did the same for other clubs of the GBA and the City of Buenos Aires.

In addition, he was a Boca fan, integrated "La 12" and was part of the faction led by Mauro Martín.

In his social networks he shared invitations to parties, events with DJ's and muay thai fights, but also photos with Boca players, Bombonera games and trips with the bar.

Leonardo Martínez (33) was killed in Pinar de Rocha this Sunday.

One of the first versions referred to that link with the fan as a possible motive for crime, a problem was considered between bars , but - although they do not rule out any hypothesis - there are also no elements to support that version.

Marcelo Ponti (55) has been a security employee for more than 20 years in the historic bowling alley that runs on the border between Morón and Ramos Mejía. He was meters from Leonardo Martinez when the shooting began and ended with a shot in one hand and interned in intensive care at the Güemes de Haedo Hospital.

"(The aggressor) was already known with 'The Chicken' and there was a problem. The person that did not have to let her in, but in a moment of distraction or because of the hat she had, I did not recognize him. He had a theme with 'Leo' for a girl, "Ponti told TN.

And he explained: "I did not intervene or anyone of security, the same public relations realized and took him out. Leo said 'you can not be in the same place as me' and he left quietly, said nothing, made a face of superb and left, that caught my attention. "

In the videos of the crime the suspect was registered while walking, Ponti is seen behind a fence with an orange shirt and Martinez, on the sidewalk, walked from side to side. "He was calm, 'Leo' looks again because, while he was leaving, something tells him. He gets into the car and comes slowly there I shouted 'gun!' and it was all in seconds, "the witness recalled.

At that moment from a black Bora with tinted windows the man pulled out a gun and fired several times at the front of the premises . Martinez, who was closer to the sidewalk cord, was injured. The rest reached the floor and avoid the shots.

In the place the pods were not found although they suspect that they could have fallen inside the vehicle. According to witnesses, there were between "six and eight shots" , one wounded Martinez in the neck and another in Ponti in the hand.

The front of Pinar de Rocha, in Ramos Mejía, where the attack occurred.

While they waited for the autopsy result, they searched intensely for the suspect who would be from Lanús and has no criminal record.

The investigation was in the hands of Mario Ferrario of the Prosecutor's Office No. 3 in Morón, who was waiting for the result of the autopsy "of different evidence" to find the person responsible for the crime.

It is not the first time that there is a shooting on the door of Pinar de Rocha. In November 2018, there was a similar scene that left four people injured after a 22-year-old shot at a group that was at the door.

Three months ago Sofia Gil Morales Castro (22) was inside this bowling alley when she was stabbed. Another young woman came in with a knife and stabbed her in the abdomen, she was arrested at her house in Caballito shortly after.