2024-05-02 23:30:46
The police officer identified himself to the antisocials, which caused one of them to shoot him, starting a confrontation that ended with the escape of the criminals.
Without injuries ended the shooting confrontation that a Franco police officer had with four criminalsafter he thwarted the theft of a vehicle in the commune of Providencia.
The incident occurred on Monday night at the intersection of Praga and Salvador streets, when The police officer was alerted about the crime in the middle of a public street.
According to what was reported, the police officer went to verify what was happening, at which time found four antisocials while trying to force the vehicle door.
He immediately identified himself to the criminals, one of whom pulled out a firearm and shot him.
Carabinero responded to the bullets
Faced with the threat to his life and the risk to passersby, the Carabinero used his personal weapon, duly registered, to respond to the gunshots in that sector of Providencia
This caused the subjects to give up their purpose and begin to escape in the vehicle in which they were traveling along Salvador Avenue.
According to what was reported by the patrol officer of the Santiago Oriente Prefecture, Lieutenant Esteban Cea, The confrontation left no people injured.s.
According to the provisions of the Public Ministry, the OS9 and the Carabineros Criminalistics Laboratory were in charge of investigating the incident.