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Chano Charpentier's mother declared: what did she say about the episode in which the musician was shot

2021-08-06T00:24:16.287Z


Marina Charpentier argued before the prosecutor that her son did not physically assault anyone. Her husband also gave his testimony.


08/05/2021 20:07

  • Clarín.com

  • Police

Updated 08/05/2021 20:07

The mother of Santiago "Chano" Charpentier, the musician who was shot in the abdomen by a policeman whom he allegedly tried to stab while he was under an apparent psychotic break at his home in Exaltación de la Cruz, assured this Thursday that her son was

never At that time he physically assaulted anyone

and that she did not see him holding a knife.

The testimonial statement of Marina Charpentier, mother of "Chano" (39), before the prosecutor Martín Zocca, of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 1 of Zárate-Campana, lasted almost two hours.

Upon leaving the judicial headquarters located on Calle 25 de Mayo 936 in Campana, he made a heart with his fingers and said that his son "is fine," while excusing himself from making statements to the press.

A judicial source informed

Télam

that the woman said that Chano "was not aggressive with her, that he never physically attacked anyone and that she did not see him armed with a knife."

Santiago "Chano" Charpentier is still hospitalized at the Otamendi Sanatorium.

The woman also said that for her

it was not a justified shot

that

was fired by

the police officer Fernando Nahuel Amendolara (27), the only defendant who has the cause, and that her son said that night that he

did not want to be admitted.

Earlier, declared Marina's husband, Oscar José Ottonello, who said that he did not witness the moment when Chano was shot since he was not in the same place, but outside the property and that he learned what happened from the said of his wife.

The testimony of an uncle of the musician, Esteban Charpentier, was also scheduled for this Thursday, but it was rescheduled by the prosecutor for next Monday.

The statements were witnessed by lawyer Fernando Soto, who represents policeman Amendolara.

Until this afternoon, the prosecutor had taken testimonial statements from the psychiatrist, one of the doctors from the musician's social work, and the two fellow policemen from Amendolara.

Waiting for the expertise


At the same time, the

ballistic reports

on the Amendolara policeman's weapon and Chano's garments that were seized will not be carried out in the laboratories of the Buenos Aires Attorney General's Office in Lomas de Zamora, which is why they are being evaluated in La Plata.

One of the objectives of these expert reports is to try to determine

the distance at which the shot

that wounded the musician was

fired

.

The projectile found between the clothes of "Chano" and the 9-millimeter caliber sheath collected at the scene of the incident will also be appraised, although for the investigators "there is no doubt" that the police officer Amendolara was the one who shot.

The policeman Facundo Amendolara (27) together with Luis Chocobar, the agent who was convicted of killing a thief in La Boca.

Zocca will seek to establish mainly through various tests if Amendolara pulled towards the musician in a situation where

his life was

really in

danger

or not.

"It is going to try that the expertise is on the same clothing used (by" Chano ") in the act, in an area that is not of expert importance. Then an electronic microscopic expertise will be made to have more details," explained a researcher to

Télam

.

"It is a fundamental objective test that is worth more than any witness statement, which can be diffuse.

It seeks to assess whether or not the shooting was justified,

" he clarified.

The act in which the musician was shot occurred on the night of July 25 in the private neighborhood Parque La Verdad, located in the Buenos Aires town of Exaltación de la Cruz.

Fernando Soto, a lawyer for the accused police officer, witnessed the statements of the witnesses on Thursday.

Photo: Andrés D'Elia

At the request of his mother, a medical team arrived with the intention of interning "Chano", who was under a picture of "a state of psychomotor excitement", as detailed by the psychiatrist summoned to the place by the prepaid OSDE.

Faced with this situation, according to some witnesses, the former leader of the Tan Biónica gang became violent and

allegedly wanted to stab

Amendolara with a serrated bread knife, who shot him.

The artist, who was affected by the bullet in one of his kidneys, the pancreas and the spleen, has been hospitalized for 10 days in the Otamendi sanatorium in Recoleta.

The officer Amendolara of the crime of "very serious injuries aggravated by the use of a firearm and by being a police officer", a crime that provides a penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Telam Fountain

LM

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Source: clarin

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