A Buenos Aires Police
agent
killed one of the two criminals who tried to rob him in Merlo while he was walking with his partner.
The accomplice of the assault was arrested.
The police officer, 22 years old, dressed in civilian clothes, and his girlfriend (20 years old) arrived at the intersection of Copacabana and Artigas, in the west of the suburbs.
The thief who was killed was 19 years old and the other criminal was 18.
It was at 11:31 p.m. this Saturday, as recorded by a security camera, in which the couple can be seen on a narrow cement path, with rectangles of grass on the left and a fence bordering the path on the right.
Next to them, on the pavement,
walk two young men
, who seconds later would reveal themselves as the aggressors.
The one who is furthest behind is dressed in dark clothing, long pants and a hooded sweatshirt, while the one who is walking further ahead is also dressed in black, but with shorts with light piping.
The criminals, during their walk parallel to that of the robbery targets,
seem to say something to them
.
The couple, always as the video shows, does not seem to react.
The police officer wears a soccer jersey and his partner walks against the fence, against which the criminals
will try seconds later to corner them
.
At 11:32 p.m., the aggressor who was walking in front of his accomplice decided to begin the attack and approached the potential victims at an increased pace and facing the couple.
His partner, for now, observes.
However, the police officer
calls a stop
, introduces himself as a member of the security force and
pulls out his weapon
, which causes the criminals to begin their escape attempt.
A Buenos Aires police officer killed a thief during an attempted robbery in Merlo
The thief who was covering the other's rear
falls in the middle of the street
, while the other, due to the quality of the video, can no longer be seen in the images.
The police officer goes to the fallen man and makes sure he has neutralized him.
His girlfriend, still near the fence, watches the violent scene.
Seconds later, the woman runs towards the sector seen at the bottom of the screen.
While her boyfriend immobilizes the criminal lying down with the weapon and
puts one of his legs on the detainee's back
, another person appears.
A motorcycle enters the scene with two police officers on board and another behind them.
The police officer, according to sources cited by the TN channel, is a member of the Tactical Unit for Immediate Operations (UTOI) and
shot three times
during the incident.
The background of the thieves, aged 18 and 19
The provincial security force indicated that the arrested thief was identified as Julián Joel Alexis Chazarreta, 18 years old, and that he has
a record of “aggravated automobile theft”
on December 6 of last year.
For his part,
the criminal who died
at the scene was identified as
Agustín Vallejos, 19 years old
.
Since September 2023, it was part of a program that promotes the
link between penitentiary and post-penitentiary activities
.
A .22 caliber revolver with four drum-shot ammunition
was seized
at the scene .
The investigations were carried out by the National Gendarmerie personnel, who also seized the police officer's service pistol and the magazine with 14 projectiles.
The Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) number 5 of the Judicial Department of Morón intervenes in the case.
D.S.