Testimony of a retired police officer who killed his neighbor on Christmas: “He shot me”

Christmas of ex-police Rafael Horacio Moreno
and the bus driver Sergio David Díaz was clouded by a fight that ended the driver’s life. Although the noted attacker said that The shot with which he murdered him had escaped him, the videos known on social networks raise doubts in the community.

The events occurred in the early hours of December 25, 2024, in La Matanza, Argentina. According to the newspaper TN, The former uniformed man crossed Acevedo Street with a revolver in his hand. When he met his neighbors, he asked them to lower the volume of the music, but Díaz intervened and began to push him.

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In a video you can see that two men begin to yell at Moreno, 74, pushing him. “Don’t give me a damn, idiot, who do you think you are?“commented the victim, whom the ex-military man asked to listen to him, telling him that he was a federal police officer. In the middle of the exchange of words, a shot and a couple of screams are heard in the street.

After this, The shooter went home and the bus driver began to walk with difficulty, collapsing on the floor.. Although his acquaintances tried to help him, the wound caused his death.

Hours later, the authorities arrested Rafael Moreno, who remains deprived of his liberty while the case is clarified. At the time of capture, he did not oppose the procedure and admitted to having shot the 40-year-old man, handing over the weapon he used to kill him.

Prosecutor gave details of the case

According to Clarín, Rafael Moreno told Matías Folino, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, that his intention was not to kill the man. ““The gun went off.”commented the defendant today, who is accused of the crime of homicide aggravated by the use of a firearm.

Folino pointed out that this was not the only disturbance to public order that occurred that day, since, After the crime, neighbors and relatives of Sergio Díaz did not allow the departure of Liliana, Rafael’s wife, who had requested an ambulance citing medical problems.

The authorities had to intervene to remove her from her home, an action that was met with stones. The policeman’s house was placed under the custody of the infantry.

In an interview given to TN after the crime, the older woman admitted before the cameras that, After shooting the man, his partner confessed that “he had to shoot” because the other person had a gun. In addition, he noted that Rafael “was nicer than bread,” in addition to the fact that he had not had any altercations with his neighbors.

What happened to Sergio Díaz?

The Argentine news outlet shared the results of the autopsy performed on Sergio Díaz. In this it was determined that His death was caused by a gunshot with an entry hole in the abdomen and an exit hole in the back.

Karina Sánchez, cousin of the victim of the people who were present at the scene at the time of the events, said that it was not the first time that the former police officer had violent attitudes. “Yesterday we found out that he was threatening the neighbors with whom he had problems, no one wanted him here. If you did it once, you can do it again. We are afraid that they will give him freedom, we are unprotected“commented the woman, quoted by Clarín.

Likewise, he added that Moreno’s wife told him that what her husband did was fine, making crude gestures at him from their home.

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