The agent Florence Herrera 29 years old, he was transported by ambulance to the Churruca hospital after being injured in a confrontation that ended the life of the criminal César Morales, when the vehicle in which he was traveling collided with police custody. Two officers were injured and one of them died minutes later.
The tragic event occurred at Autopista del Oeste km 33, this Wednesday around 6:00 p.m. According to police sources, both were taken to the Mariano and Luciano de la Vega provincial hospital, but one of them died before arriving.
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A man barricaded himself in his partner’s house, shot a police officer and was killed in the middle of a shootout
An act of extreme violence occurred this Tuesday morning during a neighbor fight in the Buenos Aires town of Cuartel V, in Moreno. The dramatic sequence ended, several hours later, with a fugitive for homicide killed in his ex-partner’s house, where he had barricaded himself, and a police officer shot and in critical condition.
The agent who turned out injured in the chase She was identified as Florencia Herrera, 29 years old. According to a source close to the investigation, Foreground, was shot in the groin, they had to remove the uterus and ovaries and suffered complications in vital organs, for which she remains hospitalized.
The reconstruction of the case
The police arrived yesterday at the intersection of Route 25 and Route 24 after a 911 call that warned of a confrontation between neighbors. The troops managed reduce those involved and they decided to transfer one of them to the Prompt Care Unit (UPA) 12, because he had several blows and cuts to the head. It was then, when identifying the injuredwho discovered that it was César Morales, a criminal who I had an arrest warrant for homicide.
The fugitive saw his opportunity to escape when the doctors at that establishment referred him to the Mariano and Luciano de la Vega hospital for further studies. “He took advantage of a traffic light, He threw himself out of the SAME van and escaped“explained a researcher.
After Morales’ new escape, a lock operation to recapture him that had a second incident when a group of police identified the suspect’s truck detained on the side of Route 25 due to a technical problem. But Morales was no longer alone, He was accompanied by a man and a woman who, upon noticing the police presence, pounced on them to facilitate the escape of the fugitive. From there, the accused escaped to barricade himself in the house of his partner.
Shortly after, the place was surrounded by police and a shootout broke out that ended with Morales dead and officer Herrera shot serious. What is believed is that the fugitive stole an officer’s gun and that is why he shot Herrera.
The case is investigated by prosecutor Federico Soñora, from UFI No. 4 of the Moreno-General Rodríguez Judicial Department. Meanwhile, the investigations were carried out by the National Gendarmerie.