An Uber driver was shot dead when he went to look for a passenger in Ciudad Evita

09/14/2021 1:51 PM

• Clarín.com

• Police

Updated 9/14/2021 1:51 PM

A 46-year-old Uber driver was

shot

to death on Tuesday in Ciudad Evita.

Investigators suspect that he was attacked by

four criminals

who tried to rob him.

The episode occurred

after 7 in the morning

when troops from the 3rd police station.

from La Matanza were alerted to the presence of a crashed Chevrolet Onix at the intersection of 900 and Central streets, in the aforementioned town of the La Matanza district.

But upon arriving at the scene, the police found that

the car had several gunshot wounds

and that there was a dead man inside.

The sources told

Télam

that the victim was identified as

Juan José Anfuso (46)

, who was working as a driver for the Uber application.

"

They had asked him for a trip

and he was going to his destination. Apparently four criminals tried to board him to rob him and it was there that they shot him,"

an investigator

told

Télam

.

According to the first experts, Anfuso had

a shot

with an entrance and exit hole in his

left armpit

, which caused his death.

Meanwhile, inside the vehicle,

six pods served

and a 9-millimeter-caliber lead

were found

, the same investigation said.

"There was a shot that entered through the driver's window and one through the rear window that came out through the windshield," the spokesperson explained.

Prosecutor Marcos Borghi, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) specialized in Homicides in La Matanza, ordered the rigorous tests and described the file as

"homicide

.

"

Although it is believed that he was

attacked by at least four people

who tried to rob him,

the victim's wallet, cash and cell phone

were found inside the car

, so the criminals did not steal any belongings.

Finally, the prosecutor Borghi awaits the result of the autopsy, which will be carried out in the next few hours, to establish whether the man received more gunshot wounds.

With information from Télam.

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