Overview

• A 72-year-old caretaker in Junín is charged with attempted homicide after shooting a 48-year-old woodcutter in the face on private land, leaving the victim in critical condition.
• Prosecutor Fernanda Sánchez has taken over the Junín case and visited both the wooded crime scene and the hospital where the woodcutter remains under care.
• A Grupo de Apoyo Departamental raid in western Greater Buenos Aires escalated into a shootout that killed a 79-year-old retiree and led to the seizure of a Ruger Magnum .357 revolver.
• The Unidad Funcional Temática de Homicidios has opened an inquiry into the fatal G.A.D. operation to evaluate use-of-force protocols and accountability.
• In a separate western conurbano incident, an 80-year-old father shot his 53-year-old son during a domestic dispute; the son is now stable and the father faces criminal charges.