Two men were shot and wounded by police, who tried to repel the attack of a mob while carrying out a procedure in San Bernardo.
Two men were injured by Carabineros troopsafter a mob of about 200 people attacked police officers who were investigating shots fired in the area of Lo Blanco Avenue, in San Bernardo.
According to what was reported by the uniformed police, the incident occurred after police officers who were traveling through the sector in a radio patrol heard gunshots nearby. Officers searched the area to determine where the shooting had taken place..
Carabineros Lieutenant Colonel Ariel Valenzuela explained that “personnel guarding the vicinity of the El Pino hospital heard around five shots, so the officer in charge orders to stop the patrol and orders entry with shields and security elements to verify the situation“.
How the mob acted in San Bernardo
“Upon entering the blocks they found an individual who was actually carrying a weapon and who, upon seeing the police presence, pointed directly at the police, so the officer in charge, upon seeing a death threat, He uses his service weapons, shooting at the height of his legs.“he added.
He also said that “when trying to approach him to provide aid and recover the weapons, a large number of individuals snatched this person, took the weapons and pointed them again at the personnel, so a second carabinieri must use his service weapons“. This action left another individual wounded by a bullet in his legs.
When the police personnel were trying to arrest and help the two men who were injured in San Bernardo, a mob of about 200 people began to throw forceful objections to the police, “so they proceeded to quickly leave the scene, failing to recover the revolver that the subject kept.“, detailed Lieutenant Colonel Valenzuela.
Later, one of the subjects who was injured in the police operation entered the El Pino Hospital and was recognized by the Carabineros troops, for which he was detained there. The other individual is being searched by the police in various healthcare centers..