Overview
- A retired comisario mayor, Hernán Mariano Catarraso, was shot in the abdomen while taking his daughter to Escuela Emaús on Thursday morning and was rushed to Hospital Posadas, where police sources say he is out of danger.
- Witnesses and video show a rapid armed robbery at school drop-off that caused panic among parents and students and left the assailants fleeing the scene.
- Accounts differ on the scale of the attack, with some reports describing three attackers in one vehicle and others reporting six suspects arriving in two vehicles, and investigators are treating those details as unconfirmed.
- Authorities recovered a firearm at the scene and are analyzing CCTV and the weapon to reconstruct the sequence of events and trace the perpetrators.
- Neighbors and school families, who had already complained of repeated robberberies near the school, are pressing local officials for stronger on-site security measures and patrols after the shooting.