A
policeman and an employee were killed
on Thursday night during a shootout between the security forces and a group of
at least five criminals
who tried to rob a charcoal burner from the
Zárate
district of Buenos Aires .
The violent episode began around 8:00 p.m. in a coal-selling business located at
kilometer 13 of Provincial Route 193
.
Police officers went there after a neighbor alerted them to an assault.
Upon arriving at the crime scene, the policemen were
greeted with shots by the criminals
, who were holding a family captive.
It was then that the shooting began that claimed the life of a policeman identified as
25-year-old Nicolás Canteros
, who was seriously injured by at least one
bullet wound to the abdomen
.
He was rushed in a patrol car to a nearby hospital, where his death was confirmed.
In addition, a merchant identified as
Luciano Padrón, 22
, who worked at the coal store, was also killed after being shot
in the head
while struggling with the thieves.
Meanwhile, an officer from the Motorized Prevention Group named
Ezequiel Romello
(37) was shot in the leg and was taken in an ambulance to a health center.
At the place, with the progress of the operation, Sergio Berni, the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, arrived again in a repeated appeal of his way of managing.
Then the official went to the medical center where they gave medical attention to the injured policeman.
The prosecutor Andrea Palacios, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 7 of the Judicial Department of Zárate-Campana, intervenes in the case.
News in development.
With information from Telam.
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