A young woman was shot to death for trying to take a selfie showing a gun



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An 18-year-old girl died this morning in the capital after shooting a pistol that she manipulated with her partner, when they tried to take a selfie with the weapon to upload to their social networks, in the event that occurred in a house in the Recoleta commune.

From the prosecution, it was reported that the weapon was in the hands of the young woman at the time the fatal shot was struck, which hit her head squarely and killed her a few minutes later, in the same room she shared. the couple.

From the North Central Prosecutor’s Office, the prosecutor Felipe Olivari, pointed out that “they began to take photos with a cell phone, when in this dynamic the weapon is fired and a bullet hits the victim in the head, for which he dies.”

Suicide or manslaughter

The persecutor confirmed that “we could not rule out that it was the woman, the same victim, who had been manipulating the weapon and that she had accidentally struck the shot. In fact, the greatest probability is that, that it was in her possession when it is triggered “, so it has not been possible to prove the participation of third parties in a possible quasi-crime of homicide.

However, the couple of the young woman remained at the disposal of the prosecution, in order to determine a possible participation in the event.

According to the information provided later, the weapon was the property of the individual, who claimed to have acquired it to protect his family, who work in the retail trade, in the same commune of the capital.



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