"Thank you for saving my life with that
'Lukitas get on the floor'
, "
wrote Lucas Tesure, the co-worker of Roberto Mario Iannizzotto (39), the gardener murdered on Wednesday when he was caught in the middle of a shootout between the police and three thieves. who were escaping after stealing a truck.
Mario lived 10 blocks from 5124 Guaminí Street in Caseros, Tres de Febrero district.
Like every day, he had started very early in the morning to do gardening in the neighborhood.
He worked alongside Lucas, who was his assistant.
"Always together, my friend. Thank you for everything you taught me, for all those laughs. You are, you were and you are going to be a great person who always gave everything for anyone. I
am going to miss you and I am going to miss
you very much.
"You left my side in the blink of an eye. I love you friend, I will never forget that smile," Lucas wrote on his social networks to say goodbye.
The morning of the crime, Lucas and Mario were together cutting the grass when a truck passed by at high speed and a patrol car was chasing them.
Mario was halfway crouching watching the scene when he was surprised by a shot that hit him in the abdomen and finally killed him.
In the midst of the chase, he even warned Lucas that he moved away from the curb and was far from the line of fire.
That's why he wasn't hurt.
"I can't believe what happened to us, my friend, my boss, my partner, the one who was always there despite the fights, denials. He was the first to send a message,
today I no longer have him with me because of the injustice
, seeing you in "That situation and not being able to do anything breaks my soul, but it makes me strong knowing that I was by your side until your last hour and you left in the arms of a friend who really loved you and always told you that," he said goodbye. Lucas in another post.
Lucas Tesure, Roberto Mario Iannizzotto's partner, dedicated a moving post to him and thanked him for "saving his life."
Both were caught in the middle of a shootout between robbers and police.
Ianizzotto was hit by a shot that wounded him in the abdomen and he died.
It was his friend who held him until the ambulance arrived and accompanied him to the hospital where he finally arrived lifeless.
"Thank you for so many years of friendship, I will always remember you with that smile, may you rest in peace, friend, and give a lot of strength to your son and family. Me too, because it will be sorely missed, just not having you. I love you Mario Iannizzotto, give your mom and dad a huge hug, that's what you wanted most," the young man concluded.
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Two criminals had stolen a car in Villa Bosh, in the chase the gardener was hit by a bullet.
He was taken to the hospital, but did not survive.
Fernando Pinelli was another of Mario's best friends and, in conversation with
Clarín
, he said: "Mario was a great guy, a
great friend, a family man, a great worker,
he got up early to prune the trees and bring some money to maintain To his family".
The man had grown up with his uncles because his parents died.
He was in a relationship and had a 15-year-old son, the product of a previous relationship.
He was a fan of Boca and playing ball with friends on the weekends.
Everyone knew him in the neighborhood.
The investigation
Judicial sources confirmed to
Clarín
that those responsible for the crime remain at large and have not been identified.
"The police are witnesses, so far," they clarified in relation to the two police officers who were driving the patrol car that was chasing the Toyota Hilux that they had stolen a few minutes ago.
The owner of the truck is one of the main witnesses because he saw the thieves and could provide important information to identify them.
Lucas Tesure, Roberto Mario Iannizzotto's partner, dedicated a moving post to him and thanked him for "saving his life."
Both were caught in the middle of a shootout between robbers and police.
Ianizzotto was hit by a shot that wounded him in the abdomen and he died.
That robbery had been about 25 blocks from where Iannizzotto was finally shot, at the intersection of Dante and José María Bosch streets, also in Caseros.
The robbery victim was
assaulted when he was parked in front of his house
.
The criminals arrived in another vehicle, "a dark car of make and model to be determined,"
a judicial source told
Télam .
The prosecutor in the case is Ernesto Farber, from the San Martín prosecutor's office No. 6.
According to what they told
Clarín,
they are still waiting for the
results of the autopsy and ballistic tests to determine the trajectory of the shots.
Lucas Tesure, Roberto Mario Iannizzotto's partner, dedicated a moving post to him and thanked him for "saving his life."
Both were caught in the middle of a shootout between robbers and police.
Ianizzotto was hit by a shot that wounded him in the abdomen and he died.
According to preliminary data, Iannizzotto "received a single shot in the abdomen area with the projectile entering and exiting, but this will have to be corroborated by the autopsy,"
Télam
clarified .
"There are three wanted people.
So far the truth is that they have not been identified
, we have some suspects in our sights but we are checking them,"
a
police chief who is participating in the investigation, oriented towards a gang that could be from the area of the Villa Carlos Gardel.
MG