06/27/2021 3:55 PM
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 06/27/2021 3:55 PM
It was after six in the afternoon when Víctor Hugo Gómez (49) was unloading some things from the bed of his truck.
Suddenly, a Peugeot Partner stopped from which at least two thieves got out.
It all ended with the victim wounded by two bullets and the assailants on the run.
The incident occurred this Saturday at the corner of Lynch and Balbastro streets, in San Justo, La Matanza district, and was recorded by security cameras.
Gomez, a retired City Police officer, pulled out a pistol to defend himself but was shot.
He was transferred to the Paroissien Acute Hospital, where he received medical attention and was later referred to the Churruca Hospital.
There, according to
Télam
, the victim underwent surgery and
remained stable
, in a conscious state.
According to the spokesmen, Gómez had two bullet wounds: one of them entered through the left arm and went through the lung, and the other at the level of the back.
La Matanza's Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 3 intervenes in the case.
The assailants, believed to have numbered four, escaped after the attempted assault.
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