Former Almirante Brown player Lucas Ignacio Pires was the victim of a murder with a broken bottle during a fight in Rafael Castillo. According to what the Argentine News Agency was able to ascertain, the event took place last Friday at the corner of Raulíes and Alagón, where a heated street argument ended with the death of the 29-year-old footballer. Meanwhile, Justice is analyzing that the homicide could be a supposed intra-family crime, with one of his brothers as the main suspect, according to sources close to the case. Police sources assure that the brutal altercation occurred in the street when the attacker attacked Pires with a cut bottle, causing a deep wound on his right forearm that ended the victim's life. Pires was assisted by family and friends who urgently took him to the Néstor Kirchner President Hospital for medical attention, but doctors could not save him because the cut would have occurred on an artery. The main hypothesis of the case, which is in the hands of prosecutor Carlos Adrián Arribas of the Homicides Thematic Functional Unit of La Matanza, is due to a fight between brothers that ended in homicide. According to neighbors of the area who spoke to the Argentine News Agency, the brothers would have addiction problems and would have fought over drug-related issues, which ended Pires's life. "Almirante Brown Club regrets the death of Lucas Pires, a former player of the institution. We accompany his family and loved ones in this moment of pain," expressed the yellow-black team, while a former teammate of the victim wrote: "My deepest condolences to the family, I had the luck to play youth matches with him and it was beautiful to see him play, a handsome guy who took care of the ball like no one else. In addition, his brother Omar Pires and cousins of the victim also wore the 'Mirasol' jersey. Rest in peace, Luquitas." Pires played 8 matches during the 2015/2016 season with the institution and scored a goal against Brown de Adrogué.
