It all happened when a 17-year-old young man got on the bus to escape from the subjects who also boarded the machine in which they carried out the shooting.
A 17-year-old teenager was injured in the knee as a result of a shooting that occurred inside a passenger bus in the commune of Estación Centralaccording to what was reported by the Investigative Police (PDI).
The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Bascuñán Guerrero and Antofagasta streets, when the young man He got on the RED System bus to escape from the subjects who were chasing himsince he had stolen a cell phone from them.
However, his pursuers caught up with him and also boarded the bus, in which several passengers were traveling, who observed how The subjects pulled out firearms and shot inside the bus..
He used a passenger as a human shield
According to the testimony of witnesses, during the shooting in the bus, and with the purpose of avoiding the shots, The young man even used a passenger as a “human shield”.
Nevertheless, One of the bullets hit the boy in one of his knees.after which he was beaten by the individuals.
After shooting and beating the teenager, the subjects escaped from the scene, Despite which one of them was arrested by a PDI detective.
According to the civil police, The teenager is of Colombian nationality and has an irregular immigration statuswhile the individuals who followed him and shot him would be Dominican.