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This Monday, December 28 at noon, Stiven Alberto Sandoval, a uniformed member of the Cúcuta Metropolitan Police, passed away. The unfortunate event occurred after the young man was seriously injured after accidentally operating his crew weapon while cleaning it.
The event occurred at the Police station in the San Fernando del Rodeo sector, located in Cúcuta, Norte de Santander, while the uniformed men carried out the routine maintenance and cleaning process of their endowment weapons.
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According to the Cucuteño authorities, Sandoval accidentally fired his weapon, causing a serious wound to the side of his skull.
The 21-year-old was immediately transferred to the San José de Cúcuta clinic with the help of his colleagues. However, Despite the efforts of the medical team, he died minutes later.
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He accidentally triggered his weapon, causing a serious wound to the side of his skull.
“We are very sorry for this situation, a young man barely 21 years old who, in the middle of the routine cleaning process of his weapon, shot himself in the head, causing his death,” Colonel José Luis Palomino told ‘RCN Radio’. Commander of the Metropolitan Police of Cúcuta.
Sandoval He was supporting the security and surveillance actions of the Cúcuta Metropolitan Police.
However, the high official said that was assigned to the Mobile Land Restitution Squad, a special team to accompany the restitution process, in charge of leading registration actions in various parts of the city of Cúcuta and its metropolitan area.
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He also assured that the pertinent investigations are being carried out in the Police station of the San Fernando del Rodeo sector, in order to better understand how this incident occurred.
“The supply weapons that we have in the Police are 9 millimeters in caliber, the scene of this event has been secured to carry out the necessary investigations in a disciplinary, criminal, administrative and benefit manner“, he indicated.
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