Homicide in Caracas: argument over a glass of water ends with one dead and two detained
The Cicpc arrested two people for killing a 56-year-old man in a boarding house in San Agustín, Caracas, following a fight over a glass of water.
Two detained for homicide at San Agustín boarding house following domestic dispute
The Scientific, Criminal and Forensic Investigation Body (Cicpc) detained two people linked to the homicide of Ángel Simón Valbuena Gutiérrez, 56, which occurred in the San Agustín parish of the Libertador municipality in Caracas, reported diarioversionfinal.com.
The director of the Cicpc, Douglas Rico, identified the detainees as Lenin Gerardo Trujillo González, 38, and Yurisma Grimán Urbina, 40.
According to the police account, the victim and the suspects were living together in the same boarding house and had an argument in the building's kitchen after they allegedly refused to give Valbuena Gutiérrez a glass of water.
The verbal exchange escalated into physical violence: Trujillo González allegedly took a knife and attacked the victim with a wound to the neck that caused his death. Following the assault, the alleged attacker left the scene.
Grimán Urbina, accused of having incited the argument, allegedly took refuge in one of the rooms of the building. Both were arrested at the corner of Páez on Miranda Street, in San Agustín del Norte, during operations carried out by officers of the agency.
The case file was turned over to the Public Ministry's Office of the Prosecutor for the Metropolitan Area of Caracas, which will continue with the corresponding legal proceedings.
Source: Google News VE — Caracas