Overview
- A daytime assault in Urbanización Covida was caught on a home camera as a hooded attacker threatened a mother with a knife and stole her purse.
- Private security agents intervened hours later on avenida Antúnez de Mayolo, firing at four suspects who targeted a minor and detaining two while two escaped.
- Nine shell casings were recovered at that scene and the two detainees were taken to the Sol de Oro police station for investigation, according to the National Police.
- In a separate nighttime episode, an armed citizen stopped an attempted robbery of a couple, leading to two captures and one suspect wounded and transferred to Hospital Cayetano Heredia.
- Authorities collected firearms and multiple shell casings as evidence as residents reported frequent robberies, street barriers and cameras installed by neighbors, and a roughly 30‑minute wait for officers to arrive.