Overview
- An off-duty provincial subteniente parked with his family in González Catán identified himself and fired his service weapon during an attempted robbery, killing one attacker after a gunfight Friday night.
- Local CCTV captured the sequence outside the Grido ice cream shop on Calderón de la Barca and Tinogasta and police preserved the scene for forensic work.
- Police found a firearm beside the deceased attacker and seized it for peritajes while the officer and his family were reported unharmed.
- Fiscal Diego Rulli assumed the investigation and ordered federal peritajes, and authorities say the band’s black Peugeot has been identified and is being traced as the three other suspects remain at large.
- The case highlights recurring crime patterns in La Matanza where stolen vehicles are used in ambush-style robberies and may increase scrutiny of police-involved shootings and vehicle-theft patrols in the area.