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Army initiates investigation after noticing lack of weapons in the SMA

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The National Army issued a statement this Sunday announcing the start of an investigation into the disappearance of weapons from its warehouses.

According to what is indicated by the document, the authorities became aware of the situation as a result of a police operation carried out this Saturday, July 23. As a result of the police work, the agents managed to seize a pistol brand Glock caliber 9mm. When checking the weapon, the Army verified that it was a pistol belonging to them; this should be in the endowment of the Material and Armament Service (SMA) of this institution.

Inspection in warehouses throughout the country

Motivated by this situation, an immediate inspection of the SMA weapons depots began, the Army indicated. After the check, it was found that two other pistols of the same brand were missing. Consequently, an intervention was initiated in the Military Justice and an “urgent investigation” was initiated.

In addition, the statement reported that this Sunday from the military institution a police complaint was filed for the situation. Likewise, “an urgent inspection of weapons depots throughout the country was ordered, which completes the routine inspections,” they advanced.

The crime where the gun was seized

The Glock was seized by the Police in a complaint for a homicide that occurred in the Nuevo Ellauri neighborhood. In the event, a 26-year-old man died after being the victim of almost a dozen shots fired at him by a 14-year-old teenager.

The incident occurred around 4 in the morning this Saturday in a building located on Teniente Rinaldi and Trapani streets, in the access to Nuevo Ellauri. According to what was reported by Telemundo, About 50 young people were present on the site for a party that was taking place there.

At one point, a 14-year-old teenager, with records for possession of a firearm and drug trafficking, shot a 26-year-old. The shooter, brandishing a Glock pistol, fired no less than 11 shots at the victim.

The author of the homicide assured that he acted in defense. The teenager assured that he came across the weapon in a closet when he was defending himself from an attempted sexual abuse by the now deceased.

The Adolescent Prosecutor’s Office is in charge of the respective proceedings in the case. As a first measure, the minor was admitted to a dependency of the National Institute for Adolescent Social Inclusion (Inissa) while the investigations continue their course.

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