On Thursday night, the news was released that Elías Richard Perdomo Peña, a 50-year-old man with a criminal record, was shot by a police officer in Mal Abrigo, San José. In response to inquiries received, the department’s Police Headquarters issued a report explaining the situation.
The events begin on June 8, as a result of a situation of domestic violence in Mal Abrigo. Given the violation of the restrictive measures, the San José Legal Prosecutor’s Office and the Specialized Court for Domestic Violence ordered police custody for the victim. As well as locating the offender and, subsequently, an arrest warrant for him.
current events
Yesterday, June 9, members of the CEVDyG of San José, with the support of other Units, carried out the corresponding procedures for the arrest of the offender at his home in Mal Abrigo. The man ignored him and fled through the back of the house. There were also police personnel there, who once again called a halt. The man took out of his clothes a dagger of approximately 45 cm. and he attacked the activists, for which several intimidating shots were fired, he continued the march and at a certain moment he fell on a slope in the ground and would have caused a wound in the chest when the dagger was stuck », they report.
Headquarters reported that they immediately transferred him in a police car to a health center in San José de Mayo. On the way he was assisted by an ambulance where the death of 50-year-old ERPP was confirmed.
In the place, the Prosecutor of the 2nd Shift of San José, the Headquarters Command, CEVDyG staff, Cria, worked. 4th Directorate of Investigations and Scientific Police, while the actions by the acting Prosecutor’s Office continue.
