Carabinero was wounded by a bullet by another uniformed man while manipulating his service weapon

A policeman was wounded by a bullet in a confusing incident after another uniformed accidentally shoot while manipulating his service weapon.

The event occurred in the health customs of Carrico, in San Juan de la Costa, Los Lagos region, so the wounded uniformed man had to be transferred to the Osorno Base Hospital.

According to information from the Carabineros, the wounded man – who is out of danger of life – was shot in the arm While both policemen made the shift change at around 8:00 p.m. this Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the prefect of Osorno, Gustavo Saavedra, indicated that “ordered the immediate instruction of the first proceedings, which are the investigative actions to establish how certain events occurred”.

The background of the incident was posted available to the Military Prosecutor of Puerto Varas, the investigations being in charge of the Criminalistics Laboratory.