A brutal episode took place this afternoon on the Western Access, when two motorcycle riders tried to steal the motorcycle on which a Federal Police officer and his partner were traveling. During a shootout with the criminals, the agent’s girlfriend received shot in the head and died. He, for his part, was shot and is hospitalized in serious condition.
As confirmed by sources in the case Clarionthe incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. on Sunday, when the couple was traveling on that highway, just at kilometer 49.5, on a Honda Tornado motorcycle.
Who was driving was Lucas Nicolas Buena (30), sub-inspector of the federal police, who is assigned to the custody division of the Government House of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and lived in Merlo.
His girlfriend was traveling with him, Noelia Joanna Velázquez Torres (27), physical education teacher.
According to what was stated by witnesses, two criminals who were traveling on a high-displacement motorcycle crossed their path, pointed them at them and, when Buena braked, He drew his service weapon to resist the attack.
As a result of the confrontation, the agent was shot at chest height and his partner was shot in the head. Torres was taken by ambulance to the Vicente López y Planes hospital in General Rodríguez, but He died shortly before arriving. While Good He was transferred to Churruca hospital by helicopter due to the severity of his condition.
The story of a witness
A woman who witnessed the assault uploaded a video to TikTok with the story of what she experienced. “We were coming along the Luján highway and ahead of us was a motorcycle with two young boys. Another motorcycle crossed in front of them. They stopped them. The boys on the motorcycle who were being robbed ran away. We were left in the middle, a shootout broke out because the boy they were robbing was a police officer and they were shot. We were left in the middle. How desperate,” he said.
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The victims were identified as Noelia Joanna Velázquez Torres and Lucas Nicolás Buena, who was working at the Government House.
Regarding the end of the sequence, he explained that “the girl had no vital signs and the boy could not feel his legs. The bullet (the police officer) entered through his back and exited through his shoulder,” he said.
The woman also said that the victims received assistance from doctors who were in another car and firefighters who were changing the tire of a truck. “They did everything. Those people are worth gold,” she said.
Although it is pointed out that two motochorros participated, There is a delay in the José C. Paz Prompt Care Unit, a young man who was admitted wounded by a gunshot and who is suspected of being one of the attackers. This would have been identified as Pedro Santiago Verón.
The case was left in the hands of prosecutor Alejandra Rodríguez, head of UFI No. 9 of the Moreno-General Rodríguez Judicial Department, who ordered a series of procedures in order to identify the criminal who remains at large and arrest him.
