Shooting during bank robbery in Santa Marta leaves two dead and one injured

Panic set in once they realized what was happening. Police officers were engaged in a shootout with two bandits who were robbing a bank in the area.

The criminals, surprised by the public force, were willing to do anything to avoid being captured and manage to escape with what they had managed to steal from the bank’s users.

Both were injured, one of them more seriously than the other. A motorcyclist who was on the road was also shot, leaving him seriously injured.

The three people were taken to care centers where the subsequent death of two of them was reported. The victims were one of the assailants, identified as Daniel Cuello, alias Danielito, and a civilian who had nothing to do with it, called Miguel Ángel Chirino.

For his part, the other bandit, known by the alias Care Crazy, He is stable in the clinic.

Colonel Jorge Bernal, commander of the Metropolitan Police, reported that in the operation, which took place in response to a call from the community, two cell phones and one million 300 thousand pesos in cash that had been stolen from bank users were recovered. in addition to the seizure of two firearms.

The senior officer also specified that ““These two robbers have several judicial notes for theft, illegal possession of weapons and extortion.”

The authorities mourned the death of Miguel Ángel Chirino, who was confirmed to have been injured by a stray bullet.

In Santa Marta there is concern because thefts from banks have skyrocketed in recent weeks. In other cases that occurred in El Rodadero and the Center of Santa Marta, the criminals have managed to escape with the loot without problems.

Greater support and security strategies have been requested from the city’s banking entities to avoid continuing to be a target of gangs dedicated to robbery.