A city police officer killed a motorcycle thief who tried to rob him at gunpoint.

The Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area once again becomes the scene of shootings, blood, and death. On Thursday afternoon, the town of Castelar (Morón district) was the epicenter of a new armed confrontation between motorcycle thieves and an officer of the City Police. The result: a 22-year-old criminal dead, another on the run, and a citizenry that remains hostage to a policy of erratic and absent provincial security. The incident occurred just days after the case that shocked the country: the tragic death of Thiago Correa, a 7-year-old boy who was shot in the head during another shootout between a federal officer and assailants in Ciudad Evita. In this context of escalating violence, the silence of the provincial government is deafening.

CastelarMunilla and Merlo45 years oldRapid Intervention DivisionCity Policeplain clothestwo armed individualsthey attempted to rob himthe officer identified himself as a police officerthe criminals opened firereplied with his service weaponOne of the assailants was seriously woundedhead and chestGüemes HospitalMatías Uriel Aguirre22 years oldIsidro CasanovaThe second suspect managed to escapeThe officer was unharmedvisible mark of a bullet impactFunctional Instruction Unit No. 7 of MorónMatías Rappazzo and Hugo Ravizzini Omar MéndezSeventh Police Station of MorónLibertad, Merlo districtMoreno Local Policewas attacked by two armed motorcycle thieves while riding a motorcycle with his motherAn innocent neighborwas shotEva Perón Hospitalabandoned a Honda GLH 150 motorcyclewithout a license platewith tampered numberingfled on footPatricio VentricelliNational GendarmerieCiudad Evitaa child died and a federal officer was charged with homicide with eventual intentGreater Buenos Aires metropolitan areaarmed crime