After hearing the mentioned detonation, Molina drew his issued weapon and fired approximately three shots. The chief officer Flores Emilio, wearing a police transport vest, also fired before the Fiat Palio escaped, triggering a chase. The chase ended when the Palio stopped and an ambulance was called for Paredes, the injured party. At that moment, more people arrived, and the police withdrew.
The projectiles struck from left to right, indicating that the police were on that side of the victim's vehicle. A 9-millimeter shell casing was found at the location where Paredes was shot. The ballistic analysis of the five seized weapons will help determine who fired, considering the position of the police when stopping the car with Paredes in the back seat.
In the coming hours, the weapons will be compared, especially the Bersa Thunder of chief officer Flores Emilio and sublieutenant Juan Manuel Molina, from where they suspect the shots originated. The firearms of chief officer Javier Yancamil Macías, sergeant Julio Rufino Jerez, and chief officer Héctor Murray will also be examined.
In the police version of the procedure, it was mentioned that Paredes seemed to show a weapon and fired when the police attempted to identify the occupants of the Fiat Palio. The report was drafted by Juan Molina from the operational technical cabinet of the 16th. According to the preliminary autopsy, Paredes suffered two gunshot wounds that caused three fatal injuries.
Molina, Rufino Gerez, Héctor Murray, Yancamil Masi, and Flores participated in the procedure, which resulted in Paredes's death. The police were at the service station when they decided to intercept the Palio. They joined the pursuit after hearing on the police radio that the Palio was suspicious and possibly transporting the killer of a kiosk worker.
While identifying themselves as police officers, Molina saw a man with a silver revolver in the Palio who fired before fleeing.
