Police Subintendent shot dead during robbery in San Antero, Córdoba
Harold Fernando Loaiza Sánchez, aged 39, was shot dead while on holiday with his family in San Antero. Two men approached him to steal a gold chain from him.
Officer killed by gunshots during robbery in the Gulf of Morrosquillo
According to elheraldo.co, National Police Subintendent Harold Fernando Loaiza Sánchez, aged 39, was shot multiple times on Saturday 24 October, at approximately 4:00 pm, in the hamlet of El Porvenir, Mirian Pardo neighbourhood, El Empedrado sector, in San Antero, Córdoba.
Loaiza Sánchez was on holiday with his wife and daughter in the Gulf of Morrosquillo. The officer, originally from the hamlet of Las Garitas in Lorica, Córdoba, had spent 17 years in the institution and was serving in the La Guajira department.
The family was arriving at a local restaurant when two men on a motorcycle intercepted them. One of them, armed, got off the vehicle and approached the subintendent with the intention of snatching the gold chain he was wearing.
Loaiza Sánchez resisted the robbery. During the struggle, the attacker shot him, wounding him seriously. The criminals managed to escape taking the chain and also the officer's service weapon, who did not survive his injuries.
The subintendent's death adds to another recent case recorded in the department: days earlier, officer from Montería María José Recuero lost her life when attempting to prevent the theft of a motorcycle in Cali.
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