A policeman killed a motorcycle that tried to rob him on Tres de Febrero: another thief was injured

And police killed one thief and injured another when a gang of motochorros They tried to steal his motorbike on which he was riding around the match. third of februaryprovince of Buenos Aires.

The event happened last Monday around 8:30 p.m. in the street Our Lady of Mercy at 3900 in the city of Villa Pineral when a collection of city ​​policewho was traveling in civilian clothes, was intercepted by at least four criminals on three motorcycles.

The thieves cornered the man, who left his vehicle and began to flee. However, the attackers retaliated by shooting at them with firearms.

After running a few yards, the officer pulled out his service weapon and had a gunfight with the thugs, as reported by court and police sources in the case. telam. The confrontation ended with a dead thief who was identified as 18-year-old Ricardo Alexis Valdez, who lived in the neighborhood. Carlos Gardel. The deceased already had a criminal record and a valid arrest warrant for repeated thefts, issued by the Court of Guarantee No. 5 of Morón.

In addition, one of his accomplices was injured in the shooting, so a few minutes later he arrived at the Posadas Hospital with a bullet in the abdomen and two others in an arm and a leg. On entering the emergency room, the thief told a false story to the doctors who treated him, since he claimed to have been the victim of a robbery in Casados, which is why the alleged criminals allegedly attacked him, according to information from the local portal Foreground.

However, his build, his clothes and one of his flip-flops found at the scene allowed the police to link him to the event. As a result, he was taken into police custody on suspicion of having participated in the attack on the officer. This is Gabriel Nicolás Giménez, 24, who also has a criminal record.

The case was in charge of the prosecutor Favio Cardigonde, of the Instruction Functional Unit (UFI) 7 of the Judicial Department of San Martín. In the premises, the investigators found eleven served pods and the regulatory weapon from the cash register of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA).

The policeman’s weapon was seized to be examined as part of the investigation into aggravated homicide by the use of a firearm, but the policeman was released, the prosecution having considered that it was an act of self-defense. The apprehended suspect has been charged with the felony of attempted aggravated robbery. The other motochorros remain fugitives from Justice.

This mode of group theft and mobilization on a motorbike is increasingly common in the western suburbs of Buenos Aires. At the beginning of March, three motorcycles driven by criminals attacked a man in Mound. Despite the victim handing over his vehicle, the robbers shot and injured the man.

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A few days earlier, a similar modality had been recorded in Merlo, but, on this occasion, one of the criminals was killed. In the early hours of Sunday March 6, two motorbikes attempted to hold up a man as he waited for the bus in the Avenue of Doctor Ricardo Balbinthreatening him with a 32 caliber revolver.

To the surprise of the criminals, the man pulled out his own firearm and started shooting. One of the thieves was shot in the chest and another in the forearm. The motochorro walked a few meters and fainted trying to reach the Malvinas Heroes Hospital. Investigators were unable to locate the shooter, who escaped immediately afterwards.

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