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Man Shot Dead in Mendoza After Neighbor Dispute

A 40-year-old man was shot dead in Perdriel, Mendoza, after a dispute with neighbors over noise. The aggressor interrupted a celebration with insults, leading to a fatal confrontation. The victim was taken to the hospital but died from his injuries. Police have detained the suspect.


Man Shot Dead in Mendoza After Neighbor Dispute

At the crime scene, Mendoza Police experts collected spent 9mm and 12.70 gauge shotgun shells, evidence that complicates the situation of the detainee. The Luján de Cuyo prosecutor's office, in charge of the investigation, ordered the aggressor to be transferred to the 11th Police Station. Authorities confirmed that both the victim and the perpetrator had prior criminal records. While awaiting the final results of the ballistics tests, the neighborhood remains shocked by a bloody incident that turns a family celebration into a case of aggravated homicide by the use of a firearm. In the Mendoza locality of Perdriel, a 40-year-old man was executed after a neighborhood dispute over annoying noises. According to judicial sources informed to the Argentine News Agency, the aggressor would have interrupted the celebration under a rain of insults that led to a fatal confrontation. Giménez was urgently transferred to the Central Hospital, but doctors could not save him due to the severity of the firearm wound received in the right side of the chest. Police dismantle a gang in Pilar that committed scams from prison: four detainees In a quick raid, the Police managed to arrest the alleged murderer, a 26-year-old young man who was walking in the vicinity with a woman and a minor. At the time of the arrest, the suspect - who had facial injuries - had a kitchen knife in his possession. The violent episode occurred at the intersection of Costa Flores and Thames streets, where the victim, identified as Gerardo Mauricio Giménez, was celebrating a birthday. What began as a complaint about the volume of music quickly escalated into an armed attack on the home, ending with Giménez's life being taken by a shot to the chest. Police officers went to the scene after receiving repeated 911 calls alerting to a burst of shots in the public thoroughfare.

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