The officer was on duty at the Galán Immediate Attention Center (CAl) when a man entered and attacked him from behind with a knife. In response, the officer used his service weapon. The assailant died. A police officer was injured and an attacker was killed in an unusual incident that occurred shortly after 1:00 p.m. this Wednesday at the Galán Police Station in the Puente Aranda district. The deceased attacked the officer with a knife, and the officer, in response, discharged his service weapon.
The incident was captured on security cameras. The footage shows how, while the officer is focused on what is happening in front of the building, the armed individual stealthily enters through the side door of the CAl (Immediate Attention Center) and, from behind, launches the first direct attack, striking the officer in the neck. The police officer quickly got up and pushed him, drawing his weapon. The assailant lunged again, and while holding the officer’s hand, he lunged at him several times with a knife. The struggle spilled outside the police station.
The footage then cuts off, but a second video, from a street camera, shows the assailant running with difficulty, managing to advance a few meters before collapsing. According to the institution’s preliminary report, the police officer reacted to protect his life and used his service weapon to neutralize the attacker, who later died.
Police officer suffered several injuries
The report indicates that the officer suffered several head injuries and a forearm injury during the attack, requiring him to be taken to a medical facility. No official information has yet been released regarding the severity of his injuries or his medical condition.
The attacker, after being knocked to the ground, was taken into custody by authorities and later died from his injuries. Police have not released further details about his identity or the circumstances surrounding his entry into the police station.
Authorities have launched an investigation to reconstruct the attack and determine what motivated
the man to assault the police officer. Security camera footage from the police station is crucial to the investigation.
The investigation must also specify not only the circumstances that led to the attack against the police officer, but also the exact moment when the officer used his weapon, which resulted in the death of the attacker.
