An Argentine tourist was shot on Tuesday night in the city of Santiago, Chile. while he was shopping with his family. The victim is out of life-threatening condition, while for the moment the attackers remain at large.
The incident occurred around 8 p.m., on the street Bishop Javier Vázquez from the Santiago commune of Central Station. The man was driving in a car with his family when they were blocked by another vehicle. from which a hooded criminal got out with a gun in his hand.
The victim, whose identity was not revealed, tried reverse the vehicle to avoid assault, when The aggressor shot and wounded him in one of his arms.
“When trying to carry out a robbery with intimidation, this driver reverses his car and the person carrying a gun fires a shot at him, injuring him in his right arm,” explained the lieutenant colonel of the 21st Central Station Police Station, Raúl Sáez.
Inside the car were, in addition to the man, his minor son and his brother. They were heading to the hotel after a day of shopping at a nearby shopping center.
Once the attack was carried out, the victim got out of the car as best he could and went in the direction of Alameda, the busiest artery in Santiago. There he asked for help from passersby, until finally Samu staff transferred him to the Central Post.
Colonel Sáez confirmed that the man “is not at risk of life,” while mentioning that the criminals “did not manage to carry out the crime, but they did shoot the victim.”
This Wednesday the Carabineros are interviewing neighbors and merchants in the sector to find the whereabouts of the car in which the thieves were traveling, in addition to reviewing the security cameras in the area and interviewing the family.
The testimony of the son of the injured tourist in Chile
The injured man’s son spoke after the incident and reported: “A person got out and shot us. They aimed it at my head and I just got off, that’s why they hit my dad in the arm.”
“I guess they wanted to steal our vehicle and since my dad reversed, that’s when “they shot to kill” added the young man in dialogue with Meganews.
For his part, the subprefect of the Western Robbery Brigade (BIRO) of the PDI, Agustín Urbina, He explained: “There was only one shot, entering through the passenger door and passing through the driver’s arm.”
Source: Ambito
