Lanús: a 16-year-old criminal died in a shootout with the Police

Lanús: a 16-year-old criminal died in a shootout with the Police

four young stole a car to a driver who worked through a travel app. They traveled from Parque Patricios to Lanús and before completing the journey they took possession of the vehicle. Meanwhile, a group of police agents patrolled the area of ​​Villa Jardín on a motorcycle and the suspects tried to flee as soon as they noticed the presence of the troops. Then the chase began a shooting that caused him a fatal wound to the abdomen one of the criminals, 16 years old. The young man was transferred to the Evita Hospital, where he had a cause of the shot. were left arrested two of the aggressors and a third is fugitive.

The sequence occurred on Calle Potosí, in the area of villagarden, located in the district of Lanús. The group of young people has just stolen a car (Volkswagen Voyage model) from a 41-year-old driver, who filed the corresponding complaint at the Third Police Station in Lanús.

Cash of the 5th police station. and the Local Prevention Police Unit carried out an operation on a motorcycle and saw the four young men, with a suspicious attitude, on board the vehicle. The assailants accelerated their march and began the chase. which has a tragic outcome for one of the teenagers.

From inside the stolen vehicle, the young they started shooting to police personnel, according to the news agency telam.

However, they did not go too far: at the crossroads of the Lomas Valentina and Aristóbulo del Valle passage, the attackers aboard the Volkswagen drove away a parked vehicle.

Persecution and rain of shots in Villa Jardín

They then got out of the car and tried to flee, while one of the criminals I keep shooting the agents. In the exchange of bullets, one of the attackers, identified as 16-year-old Agustín Guerrero, was shot in the abdomen. He was transferred to the Evita de Lanús hospital: despite medical attention, he could not survive the injury received.

Finally they captured 2 of the criminals, aged 17 and 19, while the fourth member of the gang is still on the run.

At the end of the pursuit, the Police seized a 22-caliber long Bersa pistol that presented the numbering erased. It also contained one ammunition in the chamber and another two in the charger.

Inside the vehicle they found a knife and 22 caliber sheaths served. On the other hand, the missing offender He had with him the cell phone that he had stolen moments before from the driver. that led them from Parque Patricios.

The case is addressed by the Juvenile Responsibility Judicial Prosecutor’s Office of the Avellaneda-Lanús Judicial Department.

By virtue of the foregoing, the crime under investigation is robbery qualified by the use of a firearm in a town and in a gang, and attack on authority.

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