Four people were charged with seven months of pretrial detention for him confrontation between gangs happened last Tuesday in the neighborhood Hippodrome Gardens who left four people injuredreported the Montevideo Police Headquarters in a statement.
Two men, 19 and 21 years old.with a history of possession and possession of firearms, were charged as co-authors of a crime of attempted homicide “very especially aggravated”.
Besides, two other people They were also charged as co-authors of an attempted murder, and also for the crime of “possession and carrying of firearms in public places” as authors.
The four involved They will be in pretrial detention until July 18, 2023while the investigation into the confrontation that occurred on Tuesday afternoon in the streets of Bérgamo and Acropolis in the Jardines del Hipódromo neighborhood continues, reported Telemundo (Channel 12).
According to sources from the Montevideo Police Headquarters, The Observerthe incident occurred after a discussion between two groups of four people in that area.
four people were injured in the confrontation, and three of them They continue to be hospitalized for the shots received in a “stable” state.
The Prosecutor’s Office reported that this crossing is connected to three other incidents that occurred in previous days: Saturday and Sunday a man attacked two properties in the neighborhood with shots. On Monday, that same person participated in an armed confrontation for which he was arrested. It was found that the bullets in your gun coincided with those of the attacks on houses over the weekend.
Agency sources indicated that one of the groups that clashed on Tuesday was looking for this detained personwhich Wednesday was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the crimes of “shot” and “weapon carrying”, and “reception”.
In addition, both the Prosecutor’s Office and the Montevideo Headquarters indicated that a link is investigated between these events and the murder of an Argentine citizen 32 years old that appeared “partially burned” in the Punta de Rieles neighborhood on Tuesday night.
