Haitian man killed in Santiago following confrontation with Dicrim, suspected of nurse robbery
A Haitian man identified as Wideiso Cris died on Saturday following a confrontation with agents of the Dicrim in Jacagua, Santiago. He was suspected of robbing a nurse in Los Tocones.
Haitian shot dead in Jacagua was wanted for multiple robberies in Santiago
According to diariolibre.com, Wideiso Cris, alias "El Menor", a Haitian national, died on Saturday night after being shot during an alleged confrontation with agents of the Central Investigation Directorate (Dicrim) in the La Rotonda sector, Jacagua municipality, Santiago.
Authorities linked him to the robbery carried out that same morning against a nurse in the Los Tocones sector, in western Santiago. The victim herself identified him as one of the suspected participants in the robbery, a fact that was also recorded in a video circulating on social media.
The National Police stated that the confrontation occurred around 7:50 p.m., when agents were attempting to arrest Cris for his alleged participation in a series of robberies and thefts in different sectors of Santiago. According to the official report, upon detecting the presence of the patrol, the man allegedly opened fire against the officers, who responded to the attack. Cris died whilst receiving medical attention.
At the scene, members of the Forensic Police seized an unregistered pistol which, according to the police report, had allegedly been used to assault the agents.
Cris had an arrest warrant for alleged participation in aggravated robberies, armed holdups and motorcycle thefts in sectors such as Jacagua, Los Salados, Ensanche Libertad and Juan Pablo Duarte Avenue, near Quinta de Pontezuela. Among the incidents attributed to him was a robbery recorded on 8 October in Ensanche Libertad, where a driver of a digital transport platform was robbed of his motorcycle while responding to a service request.
Regarding the robbery of the nurse in Los Tocones, police are continuing the search for two other men who were travelling on a motorcycle with the deceased.
Source: Google News CL — Santiago