A confusing incident occurred in the Buenos Aires coastal city of Mar del Plata early Sunday morning, leaving a 30-year-old man with a gunshot wound. According to the Argentine News Agency (NA), the incident took place at the intersection of Avenida Champagnat and Rodríguez Peña. The situation escalated when a man approached one of the car windows abruptly, leading to a struggle that ended with a gunshot. After firing, which struck the hip of the man who had leaned out the window, the driver sped off and fled the scene. He is currently being sought by the authorities. The incident began when a motorist stopped his car to arrange a sexual encounter with a woman in exchange for money. However, the situation quickly escalated when a third party approached the vehicle, leading to a struggle and a gunshot. The wounded man was urgently taken to the HIGA hospital, where he received initial medical care. During the identification process, police discovered that both individuals have extensive criminal records. The injured man has open judicial processes since 2020 for robbery, attempted robbery, and obstruction of justice, while the woman has a record of offenses related to domestic violence, injury, and various property crimes. The main hypothesis of the investigators suggests that the driver fired, believing he was being robbed. The prosecution is analyzing security cameras in the area to identify the vehicle and its owner. For experts, the 'dynamic of confusion' was key: it is suspected that the attacker opened fire when he was surprised by the man while trying to prevent the woman from getting out of the car, interpreting the sequence as an attempted robbery in an ambush.
