Overview
- Four assailants on two motorcycles surrounded the officer in Isidro Casanova and an exchange of gunfire left a 16-year-old wounded as the others fled.
- The injured teenager was taken to Hospital Paroissien in reserved condition with wounds to the face and abdomen.
- Investigators seized a .22-caliber handgun reportedly with its serial number filed off and two rounds, as well as an unplated motorcycle.
- Police launched an operation to identify and detain the three remaining suspects and are reviewing security camera footage from the area.
- Published accounts differ on whether the incident occurred at 6:01 a.m. or 6:01 p.m., and the case comes amid a documented rise in armed confrontations in La Matanza.