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Federal Police Officer Shoots and Injures Person in Buenos Aires

A Villa Crespo resident recounts his escape after witnessing a federal police officer open fire at a busy intersection, injuring one person.


Federal Police Officer Shoots and Injures Person in Buenos Aires

A resident of Villa Crespo stated he had 'a God apart' after witnessing the moment a federal police officer began shooting at the intersection of Muñecas and Fitz Roy. As reported by the Argentine News Agency, this Tuesday around 6 in the morning, a Federal Police officer identified as Cristian Brítez got out of his black Volkswagen, started shooting at the intersection of Muñecas and Fitz Roy streets in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Crespo, and injured a person. This situation was witnessed by a neighbor who got off the bus and was walking to his work at a local gastronomic factory. In his account, Maximiliano detailed that Brítez 'threatened me and told me if I wanted to die while he was pulling the trigger. I was saved because he had no more bullets, I had a God apart'. Maximiliano, a coworker of the injured person, was saved because Brítez had emptied his magazine minutes earlier. The Federal Police officer continued to pull the trigger despite having no bullets and pointed at Maximiliano, who recounted: 'he kept looking for me, I managed to run and I hid behind a car'. He pulled the trigger four or five times.