They killed a man in Palermo to steal his mobile phone

At 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, personnel from the 14 A Neighborhood Police Station of the Municipal Police showed up at the door of a house located at 1400 Aráoz Street, Palermo neighborhood. They found a person with a head injury. The criminal who shot him had stolen his phone. So, they requested an ambulance from SAME. The injured man was transferred to Fernández Hospital. The victim, identified as Juan Francisco Fernández AcostaThe 27-year-old from Venezuela, who lived across the street from the crime scene, suffered brain death after being assisted on a ventilator and died this morning at Fernández Hospital, official sources confirmed to GlobeLiveMedia.

A young man who accompanied the victim, also from Venezuela and who lived in the same building as him, told the police that he was sitting there when a robber approached them and showed them a gun to take their phones.

There a struggle began and the criminal shot Fernández Acosta.

“Give me your cell phone or do you want to die?” »the thief told them, as confirmed by sources in the case at telam.

Officers from Neighborhood Police Station 14A are working through security cameras in the area to locate the suspect. The file is in charge of National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor No. 24, under Marcelo Reteswith the signature of the National Criminal and Correctional Court n° 45.

So far, there is a description of the suspect: he has been described as Dark complexion, slim figure, short hair, wearing a T-shirt in the colors of Boca Juniors. A surveillance camera was observed at a bike shop pointing to the scene of the event, but it is unclear if it is working. Prosecutor Retes ordered that the camera be removed and witnesses testify.

A neighbor of the victim assured NT: “I am Venezuelan like him. I’ve been here for 3 months and I met Juan Francisco. He was a professional boy, a systems engineer. He had plans and dreams that came true because he was an entrepreneur, a hard worker”. To supplement his income, he works as a delivery driver on his motorcycle. Precisely, Juan Francisco was registered in the messaging category of the AFIP.

Another neighbour, of the same nationality, said:

“We don’t know if the offender was alone or accompanied. He came walking. He asked for his things. Something extreme is happening here. Less than two meters away we have a police station and the insecurity is enormous here. You no longer feel calm. We in Venezuela were always on alert, waiting, because we already knew the situation we were living in. We thought Argentina was a quieter country, but now we see it’s not so”.

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