Overview

• Two armed men stormed a San Carlos supermarket on Thursday, threatened staff at gunpoint and fled with the day’s cash after one assailant shot a 27-year-old cashier in the left leg.
• The injured cashier, a Bolivian national, was rushed to Hospital San Roque de Gonnet and remains hospitalized out of danger.
• Units from the Grupo Táctico Operativo, Comando de Patrullas and Policía Científica secured the scene and preserved evidence for detailed analysis.
• Police have identified a black Toyota Yaris as the getaway vehicle and are reviewing security footage for traces of the suspects.
• The Unidad Funcional de Instrucción Nº 1 de La Plata has classified the incident as a “robo” and continues to probe potential organized crime links with no arrests made so far.