The policeman who shot during a march of the Confederation of Students of Chile (Confech), leaving a 19-year-old boy wounded, was released, after it was considered that he acted in legitimate defense.
The Public Ministry determined that the uniformed policeman should be released, assuring that “after a series of expert reports, the Prosecutor’s Office determined that the first records would show that the uniformed officer had acted in legitimate defense, which is why he ordered the release of the non-commissioned officer , who was warned waiting to be summoned by the persecuting entity.
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Moment in which the shot of the Carabineros official against a student in the march called by Confech is recorded.
Public criminal defender Octavio Sufán explained that “our client, after being approached by a group of about 20 protesters who beat him to the ground, drew his service weapon to disperse the youths, shooting at the ground. And according to the first reports, the bullet would have ricocheted, injuring a person outside the protest, and that resulted in a minor subcutaneous wound.”
In this way, it was argued that the 19-year-old was a food delivery man, was not a student nor was he participating in the demonstration, being injured because the police officer’s shot “rebounded on the ground.”
