Overview
- Aylén Valdez, 24, died at the scene after protecting her two-year-old, who was unharmed and placed in family care.
- Her partner, the child's father, was shot in the neck and remains in critical condition at Hospital Lucio Meléndez.
- The attack occurred Monday night on Calle Derqui in Burzaco, where at least two assailants opened fire on a white Citroën C4 from both sides and fled.
- Security-camera footage led to the detention of a 17-year-old suspect, while authorities continue to search for at least two others.
- Police seized 9mm shell casings, projectiles, mobile phones and cash, and the case is in the juvenile prosecutor’s office with an autopsy ordered in Lomas de Zamora.