A man was killed by a bullet and his wife was wounded in an eye and abdomen, during a shootout with criminals who broke into their home in the Buenos Aires town of San Antonio de Padua.
The incident occurred at 4.20 today in a house on 1077 Italia Street in Padua, in the Merlo district, when the couple was resting and were surprised by the entry of armed robbers.
The man, identified as Esteban Gabriel Izzo, had a weapon with which he resisted the assault and managed to shoot them, but fell dead by the bullets of the criminals, who also left his wife seriously injured, who this morning was hospitalized in the hospital of Merlo with reserved prognosis.
According to police sources, the criminals were three and arrived at the place in a silver gray Volkswagen Gol car in which they then fled, and are now wanted with a wide operation.
Police personnel from the 2nd Police Station of Merlo and the fiscal agent on duty of Morón worked in the place this morning.
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