Severe, with prognosis and mechanical ventilation remains hospitalized at the Reina Catalina Clinic, north of Barranquillaafter it turned out wounded with a bullet to the head during the Night of Guacherna.
According to the account of relatives, Hernán Darío Rodríguez Urrea, 18 years old and from Magangué (Bolívar), left the pink zone in the north of Barranquilla to a discotheque socialize with friends in the middle of the carnival celebrations.
Once the party was over, around 3:00 in the morning, Hernán and his friends went out to the corner of Calle 84 and Carrera 44 to eat fried food, when the young man was hit by a firearm projectile.
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“He was with several friends from school, they went out to party and through WhatsApp chat he told me that he was at Killa Shots, a disco, that At the exit a fight broke out, the Police arrived to attend to the case and he was on his back eating something when he collapsed from the bullet. His friends They say the shot was fired by a police officer.“, indicated a relative of Hernán, who preferred not to reveal his identity.
Quickly, the young second-semester Medicine student at the Free University was taken to a care center, where He was admitted in serious health condition with a bullet lodged in the right occiput.
“Who calls me is his mother and his younger brother telling me that Hernán had been hurt, that they had taken him to Queen Catalina. I thought they had robbed him, but his friends tell me that it was the police who injured him. At the clinic they had to admit him to the ICU immediately, they intubated him and transfused him because he had lost a lot of blood, according to what the doctors said,” he said.
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In turn, the General Jorge Urquijo, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla responded to these accusations and indicated that if there was responsibility of a uniformed officer, “all disciplinary and penal decisions will be made that may take place”.
“We have already started a disciplinary and criminal investigation by the Prosecutor’s Office and the message is of total speed to clarify these facts,” added the officer.
The family of Hernán Rodríguez requests “transparency” in this case.
“We want the matter to be clear, because we are talking about a good young man, not a criminal, a young man who came to this city to study, to fulfill many dreams and what has happened is not fair. The police don’t have to shoot the crazy woman like that. That the person responsible be found and that there be justice“added his relative.