A 48-year-old grocer He shot two criminals who attacked him in his store in the San José district, in Mar del Plata. The incident occurred after 11pm on Tuesday at a location called The marketlocated at the corner of Quintana and 20 de Septiembre, an area where neighbors have warned of repeated episodes of insecurity.
The two robbers entered the store armed and they threatened to kill the merchant. During the attack they hit him in the head. Due to the criminals’ carelessness, the man managed to catch one Bersa pistol .380 caliber and at least done four shotsboth were seriously injured.
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After the shots, the attackers tried to flee the area, but fell onto the sidewalk a few meters away. Their bodies remained where they were. The experts confiscated a pistol from one of them, while the motorcycle on which they had arrived was abandoned some distance away.
Police officers and a SAME ambulance attended the scene and assisted the trader with the cut on his head that he sustained as a result of the blow he received during the attack. As of Wednesday morning, the two deceased had not yet been identified.
The case was handled by prosecutor Romina Díaz, who, after analyzing the incident and hearing the merchant’s testimony, decided not to take any restrictive measures and to release him while the investigation was ongoing. In each case, it will be checked whether the weapon with which he defended himself had appropriate documentation.
The cause was classified as Homicide aggravated by the use of a firearm. About seven blocks from the site is the municipality’s Operations and Monitoring Center (COM), from where the images from the surveillance cameras installed in the city are received.
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