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Three shootings occurred yesterday in the Metropolitan region, which ended with a balance of three deceased people and several injured, all in the middle of Christmas Eve.
The first of the events occurred after 17:00 on Tuesday in the Maipú square, where a woman was killed and four other people were seriously injured.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the attack was due to a possible reckoning, where one of the injured would be the “target” of those who fired.
At the time of the events, a lot of street trade in the northeast side of Avenida 5 de Abril with Pajaritos. It was this holiday shopping scene that changed in minutes.
From one moment to another, a white car arrived with two people inside, where one of them, armed with a weapon, got out of the vehicle and fired at least 10 shots directed towards a group of people.
He was one of our auditors and witnesses at the site of the event who detailed the first moments after the attack occurred.
The gunshot wounded who were helped by passersby and then transferred to the Hospital El Carmen, where 5 wounded people entered, including two women and three men.
The director of Hospital El Carmen, Dr. Juan Kehr, reported the death of a 59-year-old woman due to cardiorespiratory arrest due to cervical injury. Two of those shot, meanwhile, underwent surgery and another was discharged.
Kehr added that in recent times there has been an increase in income from people shot. Without going further, During the last two weekends, 8 were shot, of which four died.
The General of the Carabineros, Enrique Monrás, indicated that there would be two other injured they did not arrive at a healthcare facility, a situation that could provide new information regarding the attack.
The prosecutor Pablo Alonso, of the Western Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, stated that according to the dynamics, the events took place in a alleged settling of scores between rival gangs of the sector, since the alleged target is among those affected.
The mayor of Maipú, Cathy Barriga, harshly criticized the government’s lack of planning and the little police protection to the neighbors of the commune.
Until now, there would be specific data on a possible identity of him or the alleged attackers, but there are still no people arrested.
From the Executive, the Undersecretary for Crime Prevention, Katherine Martorell, described the fact as outrageous and announced complaints against those who are responsible.
Two dead in Cerrillos
Hours later, in Cerrillos, two people died after trying to commit a robbery in the Cerrillos commune.
After 9:00 p.m. yesterday, a group of unknown individuals were carrying out the theft of a car by the method of lock up to a driver at the intersection of Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenues with Departamental.
In those moments, PDI officials who were traveling from the commune of Maipú to Ñuñoa realized what had happened. Therefore, they tried to control the car of the assailants, which also did not have their license plates.
The individuals, upon noticing the police presence, extracted at least 3 firearms and began an exchange of shots.
As a result of this, two assailants died at the scene, two others were arrested and the fifth had to be transferred to a care facility.
This was pointed out by the deputy chief of the PDI’s Western prefecture, Subprefect Francisco Meneses.
Personnel from the PDI Homicide Brigade carried out the corresponding investigations at the scene of the event to identify the deceased assailants and determine if they are part of a gang specialized in car theft.
Four injured in Lo Espejo
Finally, after 23:00 yesterday in I mirror it four people were shot.
The situation occurred within the Santa Olga population, in the vicinity of a Christmas Fair. In that place, more precisely in Carlos Dittborn with Valparaíso, an argument took place between two people.
It all ended when one of them drew a firearm, shooting and wounding the target of the shots. However, also to a grown woman, a 14-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy.
This was confirmed by Lieutenant Wilson Saavedra.
The injured were taken to the Barros Luco and Exequiel González Cortés hospitals, where they are seriously admitted, but out of life risk.
Medical personnel from both campuses reported the incident to the Carabineros, whose IAPA of the Lo Espejo Police Station is investigating the context in which the events occurred.
For now there are no detainees.
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