A 19-year-old man was arrested in Alcoy (Alicante) accused of shooting with a air rifle from the window of his home against a team of local police officers, slightly injuring one of the officers, and against a vehicle of the municipal cleaning service. This is not the first time that the arrested person is involved in this type of behavior, given that it has been reported three times so far this year, National Police sources said.
The events, reported this Tuesday by sources from the provincial police station in a press release, occurred at dawn on the 12th when, it seems, the young man He armed himself through a window of his house with a BB gun and fired on a municipal cleaning service vehicle, the worker having managed to take shelter and alert the police.
Immediately, a team of local police that was nearby arrived in the area and were greeted by the young man’s gunshots. Even one of the pellets hit the police vehicle. As officers searched the surrounding area to verify the exact location of the shooter, he opened fire again and one of the projectiles reached one of themcausing minor injuries.
The police team finally managed to locate the exact house from which the shots were fired and reported the events to the Alcoy National Police Station, which took charge of the investigation and was able to identify and stop to the alleged shooter. The rifle with which he allegedly fired the shots and a pistol, both powered by compressed air, as well as ammunition for both weapons, were found at his home.
The detainee was brought to court, charged with the crime of attacking law enforcement, according to police sources.
