Carabineros reported the death of Eduardo Andrés Apablaza Ferrada , 26 years old and nicknamed "El Dientón", who was shot by the police after committing a robbery inside a gas station in Santa Cruz, O'Higgins region.

According to police information provided to 24horas.cl , the incident occurred this Thursday morning on Avenida Errázuriz , where Apablaza carried out a robbery with intimidation at a Copec gas station using a weapon.

The subject, after committing the robbery where he fled with cigarette cartons, escaped on foot, thus initiating a pursuit by the uniformed police.

It was in this context that the antisocial, according to the institution, pointed a pistol at an official who was participating in the procedure, forcing the latter to use his service weapon.

As a result of the event, the antisocial was shot down in the public thoroughfare of the commune.

Gabriel Meza, prosecutor of the Santa Cruz Prosecutor's Office, pointed out in this regard that "work is being done with Carabineros and the PDI to clarify what happened," stating that the antisocial had committed the robbery at the PUNTO premises of the Copec service center.

It should be noted that Eduardo Apablaza had 21 complaints against him and records for various crimes since he was 14 years old, including robbery in an inhabited place, illegal possession of weapons, theft in supermarkets, as well as two convictions for illegal possession of ammunition and violation of dwelling in the context of robbery in an inhabited place.

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