Overview
- In El Palomar, retired City police officer Mario López, 45, shot a 16-year-old who allegedly tried to steal his car, with the incident captured on security cameras at Montarce and Estomba as a second suspect fled.
- Fiscalía N°7 of Morón and the 6th precinct are collecting evidence, with no restrictive measures taken against López as authorities await ballistics, autopsy results, and video analysis.
- In a separate Villa Tranquila confrontation, officers exchanged gunfire with four men, wounding a 38-year-old suspect while an officer sustained a grazing injury to his left ankle; both were taken to Hospital Fiorito.
- Police seized a Bersa 9 mm pistol with the serial number removed, a chambered round, and 10 cartridges in Villa Tranquila, and the Avellaneda–Lanús UFI is pursuing charges including resistance to authority, weapon abuse, aggravated injuries, and illegal possession of a war firearm.
- Local reports note this is the fourth death of a minor in similar robbery scenarios in El Palomar and nearby areas in recent weeks, intensifying concern over juvenile involvement in armed street crime.