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Prosecutor Probes Self-Defense After Student Kills Alleged Robber in Morón

Investigators ordered an autopsy to determine whether the 18-year-old acted lawfully.

Overview

  • Police say a 23-year-old identified as Brian Héctor Nahuel Rosales threatened a teen couple in Plaza del Ombú with a butcher knife and demanded their phones.
  • The 18-year-old suffered cuts to a hand and forearm, disarmed the attacker during a struggle, and delivered stab wounds to the groin and chest.
  • Officers found the wounded suspect on the grass and took him to Hospital René Favaloro, where he arrived dead.
  • The knife was seized as evidence and authorities requested security-camera footage and witness statements to reconstruct the events.
  • The case is in Unidad Funcional de Instrucción N°2 de Morón under fiscal Fernando Capello, and the student has not been detained as the self-defense claim is evaluated.