Overview
- The girl was struck in the back of the head while watching fireworks in Villa Sarmiento, Ramos Mejía, shortly after midnight on December 25.
- Doctors found the projectile lodged in her skull with no exit wound, and she remains sedated in intensive care in critical but stable condition.
- She was first treated at Hospital San Juan de Dios before being transferred to Sanatorio de la Trinidad for intensive care, according to relatives and medical updates.
- Policía Científica recovered three spent casings near the scene, including a 9 mm round, for comparison with imaging of the projectile ordered by UFI No. 3 prosecutor Valeria Courtade under the supervision of prosecutor Mario Ferrario.
- No suspects have been identified or detained, and family members publicly condemned celebratory gunfire as another reported stray-bullet injury to an 8-year-old in Orán, Salta highlighted the broader risk.