The alleged perpetrator of the shots barricaded himself in his home until the National Police negotiator dissuaded him from surrendering.
A shooting that occurred this Saturday in the La Caridad neighborhood of Cartagena, popularly known as Las Seiscientas, left one dead and two seriously injured, in addition to the alleged perpetrator of the shots, who barricaded himself in his home after the brawl and which also resulted injured. The National Police are already investigating the event, which according to THE TRUTH could know would be a settling of accounts between people related to the sale of drugs on a small scale.
The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. in a garden area between two blocks of houses located on Alcalde Manuel Carmona street in the Cartagena neighborhood. At that point, the shots were fired that killed the deceased and wounded two other people with gunshot wounds, who had to be taken by ambulance to the Santa Lucía hospital in Cartagena.
The alleged perpetrator of the shots later went to his home and there he barricaded himself before the National Police agents. The intervention of a negotiator from the Corps was necessary, who, after several hours, managed to convince the man to surrender and be arrested. However, due to the injuries he presented, he was also transferred to the hospital in the port city.
The National Police deployed a broad operation in the adjoining streets and sealed off the access to the road, one of the main in the neighborhood. Neighbors and onlookers crowded in front of the police cordon, behind which investigators were working to obtain more evidence. According to police sources, all the participants in this event are habitual criminals, although they are still investigating what is the trigger for this brawl that ended the life of a man.
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