It happened in the middle of Calle de Ingeniero Budge. The offender was taken to a hospital where he later died and the officer was released for self-defense.

A movie shooting happened on Monday night in the Lomas de Zamora district, where a 22-year-old police officer killed a thief after he attacked him with a gun in the middle of the street .

The incident occurred after 11 p.m. in the Buenos Aires town of Ingeniero Budge, at the intersection of Espronceda and Rodríguez streets, where the young man - whose identity did not come out - was walking back home after finishing his workday as an agent In Buenos Aires city.

Everything happened a few meters from the bus stop on line 20, from which the young man had gotten off minutes before. It was there that a couple of motojets approached him: one of them advanced with the vehicle while the other got out and began to attack the police officer with a .32 caliber weapon.

The violent confrontation that broke out from then on between the attacker and the victim was recorded by the security cameras of the place that captured the moment in which both began to shoot each other face to face on public roads .

In the images you can see how the policeman runs quickly after a car to take cover and with a quick movement he takes out his service weapon, which had 17 shots, and begins to defend himself. According to reports, the revolver used by the offender had only eight shots.

The shooting lasted just a few minutes in which no other neighbors were seen passing through the area. The video also does not clearly show the companion of the motojet who had left the place above the vehicle.

The tense moment ended when the policeman hit two of his eight shots at the thief, who received one in the head and another in the chest, leaving him lying on the ground with serious injuries. The agent of the City of Buenos Aires, for his part, was unharmed.

As it was learned, the thief - identified as Leonardo Villalba, 28 years old - fired five times while the policeman fired at least eight - he still had 9 unused bullets in the chamber.

Villalba was transferred to a hospital in the area minutes later where he was hospitalized in serious condition as a result of the gunshots received. Finally, he passed away during the noon of this Tuesday.

The case was left in the hands of the prosecutor's office No. 5 of Lomas de Zamora, in charge of Dr. Domínguez, who decided to release the policeman since he considered that he acted in legitimate defense. The skills are in charge of the scientific police of the Province of Buenos Aires.

Source : https://www.clarin.com/policiales/tiroteo-lomas-zamora-policia-mato-ladron-asalto-bajar-colectivo_0_RKLpFewWdu.html