A violent event occurred this Monday morning in the Lo Valledor market, located in the Pedro Aguirre Cerda commune, in Santiago de Chile. A
woman, who was being arrested, took the gun from the guard
who was arresting her and began to shoot maliciously.
A guard and a cameraman were injured. A third person was injured by a bullet splinter.
The events occurred around 8:30 a.m. local time, when a woman who had been detained at the scene snatched a firearm and shot at a private guard. At the event, a Chilevisión cameraman was also wounded by a gunshot.
The incident occurs on
the first day of the new security measures
installed by the market administration itself. These measures include the request for identity cards to enter.
The event was recorded on the television cameras of the morning news programs that went viral on the networks.
In the images you can see that the woman was being held,
with her hands behind her back, by a guard.
six shots
At that moment
, stretching out his hand, he snatched the pistol and fired six shots
while his back was turned. One of those bullets hit the leg of another guard who was supporting his colleague.
The woman, 54 years old and Chilean,
is a frequent resident of the sector and
lives on the streets
. She has a police record, indicated by Carabineros. She was detained by the police, while the injured were taken to a healthcare center.
Carabineros General Marcelo Lepin, head of the Santiago Oeste Zone, explained: “Unfortunately, a control that is normally carried out at the access to this Lo Valledor center occurred during the morning. Where a woman resists this control and
pulls out a knife,
trying to attack the security guard. A private security guard comes to her aid and at that moment, due to carelessness, the woman pulls out the revolver that the security guard is carrying and fires a couple of shots, injuring a Chilevisión cameraman, a guard and a third person who would also be a member of the press. ”. The third injured person would have been affected by a bullet splinter.
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