Overview

• Security cameras captured a man pointing a .38-caliber revolver at a young employee in a kiosk on Diagonal 80, taking about 31,000 pesos and cigarette packs before fleeing on a red Honda 125.
• Motorized officers set up a cordon and intercepted the suspect a few blocks away at Diagonal 80 and 115, seizing the revolver with six projectiles, the stolen money, the cigarettes and the motorcycle.
• Prosecutors in UFI N°2 opened a case for aggravated robbery with a firearm, and the detained man was transferred to judicial custody.
• Footage circulating among neighbors includes the victim’s anguished pleas during the holdup, underscoring the trauma experienced inside the store.
• In a separate incident reported in Abasto, a homeowner found the house ransacked with electronics and instruments taken or damaged and feces left on the property, with police investigating and no arrests announced.