He shot one man in the chest and another in the head, but the shots did not go off.
Night was already beginning to give way to dawn, but he didn't want to leave. And he was already irritating: he'd had too much to drink, was out of control, and kept bothering the staff and the few customers left at the Mitos bar , located at 4000 Gaona Street. What had to happen, happened: they threw him out. But, drunk as he was, he promised to return and get revenge. He returned with a loaded gun and only missed a tragedy because the shots didn't go off . He ended up being arrested by officers from the 10A Neighborhood Police Station of the City Police.
Now the Buenos Aires Justice ordered the preventive detention of Daniel Orihuela , a 39-year-old Peruvian restaurant employee, for attempting to shoot and kill the manager of the Floresta bar and another employee with a revolver that he did not legally possess.
The measure was ordered by Court No. 18 in response to a request from the West Flagrancy Unit (UFLA), according to the City's Public Prosecutor's Office.
The incident occurred after six in the morning on Sunday, May 4, when after an argument with a group of people in front of Mitos, the accused left, but not before warning them: " Now you'll see, I'm going to bring my gun and I'm going to shoot each of you in the leg ."
He carried out the first part of the threats: he returned with a revolver in his hand and said to them, " Now who's in charge? " According to the City Public Prosecutor's Office, "he immediately pushed one of the victims, He pulled the gun from his waist, placed the barrel against his chest and pulled the trigger, but he couldn't fire it. r. Then he approached another of them, He pointed it directly at his head and pulled the trigger again, and the bullet still didn't fire despite the revolver being loaded. .
Faced with the imminent risk of being shot, those two and another person at the scene ran away, and the assailant pursued them, continuing to aim and attempt to shoot them. The victims hid behind a trash can a few blocks from the bar; from there, hidden behind cover, one of them called 911 twice.
After a few moments, Orihuela returned to the bar and threatened the Mitos security guards with the revolver he was carrying . But when he noticed the lights of an approaching patrol car, he tried to flee, but not before he got rid of the revolver, which he left leaning against one of the bar's windows.
According to police sources who spoke to LA NACIÓN , the officers searched the exasperated suspect and found nothing. However, the manager returned, recounted what had happened, and showed the officers where the weapon had been left. As a result, Orihuela was detained.
After police contacted the Prosecutor's Office, the Western Flagrancy Unit ordered the arrest of the detained individual and the seizure of the weapon— a .22 LR Jaguar revolver with two intact bullets in the chamber —for expert analysis and a review of cameras and witnesses to the events.
The following day, after analyzing the 911 call log and statements from victims and witnesses, the UFLA West charged him with attempted double homicide, threats, and unauthorized possession of a firearm .
Finally, at the hearing with the Court, UFLA requested preventive detention while the proceedings against it last , which was accepted and ordered by Judge Ricardo F. Baldomar, considering his immigration status as irregular since 2011 and thus understanding it as a lack of roots.
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