Overview

• The pericia on August 11 will focus on trajectory, speed, firing angle and positions involved in the tear-gas canister shot that wounded photojournalist Pablo Grillo on March 12.
• Experts will assess whether the canister hit another surface before striking Grillo’s head and if the horizontal firing angle violated non-lethal weapons protocols.
• Preliminary planimetry and site measurements taken on August 2 by ballistics specialists and legal teams have established the groundwork for the reconstruction.
• The Gendarmería’s internal inquiry deemed the shooting a ‘fortuitous event’ due to poor visibility while the Colectivo Mapa de la Policía identified Gendarme Héctor Guerrero as the shooter.
• The court seeks to have the reconstruction report ready for Guerrero’s indagatoria on September 2 as judicial scrutiny of protest policing intensifies.