A father and his son
, both
members of the Buenos Aires Police
who were on duty,
opened fire on three criminals who were assaulting a couple
in the town of
San Justo
, in the
La Matanza
district .
One of the assailants was injured, another surrendered and the remaining one escaped and remains a fugitive.
The episode occurred minutes after 9:30 p.m. this Monday, at the intersection of Entre Ríos and Yerua streets.
The entire sequence was recorded by a private security camera in the area
.
As can be seen in the video, a 50-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman parked a white Ford Fiesta on the street and, upon getting out of the vehicle to head towards their house, they
were intercepted by the criminals
, who arrived armed aboard a Gray Fiat Punto.
The couple tried to escape, but two assailants quickly got out of the car and pointed guns at them, while a third waited in the driver's seat.
The victims had no alternative and began to give them their belongings, including the keys to the vehicle.
It was at that moment that
a 51-year-old chief commissioner of the Buenos Aires Police and his son
, a 21-year-old assistant officer of the same force, both in plainclothes and dressed in civilian clothes, observed the sequence and did not hesitate to
take out their weapons. regulatory fire and intercede to thwart the robbery
.
The assailants tried to run back to the car and one of them even pointed it at them, then
the shooting started
.
One of the attackers was
wounded in one of his legs and in the back
, so he was left lying face down on the sidewalk.
Another tried to flee on foot, but
decided to surrender so as not to be shot
.
Meanwhile,
the third escaped in the car
, from which he had never gotten out, and remains a fugitive.
The two young people who were detained were identified as Ian
Joel Romero, who turned 18 on December 1
, and his accomplice,
Walter Jesús Corbalán, 21
.
Both are accused of the crime of "aggravated robbery in a town and in a gang."
At the crime scene, a .22 caliber revolver with ammunition was seized, which was in the hands of the assailants.
Prosecutor Mariana Soggio, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 6 of La Matanza, ordered the arrests of the two suspects and did not take any temper towards the police personnel.
With information from Télam.
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