He wanted to prevent his father's truck from being stolen and they murdered him: he was 18 years old and he was shot three times

02/27/2021 1:28 PM

• Clarín.com

• Police

Updated 02/27/2021 2:05 PM

An 18-year-old youth was killed by at least three shots and his father was wounded in the arm during a drive in which criminals tried to steal their truck in Ezpeleta, Quilmes district.

The incident occurred during the night of this Friday Cuba 751, between Carpintero and 469 bis, when a man and his wife arrived from shopping and their three children, who were in the house and went to the garage to open and close the gate , were surprised by thieves who were moving in a car.

The victim, identified as

Marcos Ignacio Mendoza Arnez

, was the youngest of the three brothers and was the one who began to struggle with one of the thieves, while the other accomplices tried to take his father's white Nissan Frontier truck.

Marcos Ignacio Mendoza Arnez was 18 years old.

The boy was

shot three times, one in the shoulder and two in the chest

, while his father was shot in the arm.

The victim died on the way to the hospital and his father was recovering this Saturday from the wound he received.

The case is being investigated by prosecutor Leonardo Sarra, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 2 of the Quilmes Judicial Department.

Police officers from the 6th police station.

de Ezpeleta tried to locate the murderers through various procedures in the area.

Investigators conducted tests and searched for security camera images to find the assailants.

In addition, the prosecutor Sarra awaited the autopsy result for this Saturday afternoon to reliably determine the causes of death.