Overview

• The events unfolded around 18:30 Friday in a third‑floor flat on Calle Duque de Rivas in Vilagarcía de Arousa, near Plaza de la Independencia.
• National and Local Police cordoned the area as investigators and a judicial team worked into the evening to remove the body and secure evidence.
• Subdelegate of the Government Abel Losada said the young man allegedly attacked his mother, who was found face down in abundant blood.
• The National Police’s initial hypothesis links the violent death and the son’s defenestration, and authorities have indicated no evidence of other people’s involvement.
• Emergency services took the 22‑year‑old to Hospital do Salnés in very serious condition, where he remains under police guard.