A City Police officer was involved in a shootout with two criminals who attempted to rob him on Friday night in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Flores. As a result of the confrontation, one of the thieves died after being shot.
The incident took place around 10 p.m. on the 300 block of Carabobo, where the officer, who was off-duty and in plain clothes, was riding his motorcycle.
At that moment, two armed criminals intercepted him with intentions of robbery. The police officer defended himself by drawing his service weapon and firing at least two shots. The sound of the gunfire caused the strikers to flee quickly, but during the escape, one of them was hit by a bullet and fell dead.
SAME personnel and the Homicide Division quickly arrived at the scene, and after consulting with Criminal and Correctional Court No. 34, they ordered the seizure of the weapons involved. The Mobile Forensic Unit of the Argentine Federal Police was also called in to carry out the necessary procedures.
As a result, a Bersa Thunder pistol with a full magazine—ten bullets plus one in the chamber—was seized, along with a .45 caliber firearm with the inscription "Argentine Army," found on the public road, with no ammunition in the magazine and five spent shells at the scene.
