Overview
- The child was wounded inside a home in Barrio Mudón 2 and taken to a local hospital before being transferred for complex surgery that removed the projectile.
- Medical teams found a fractured cervical vertebra and a lung injury but reported no spinal cord damage and said the boy is stable and evolving favorably.
- Investigators identified the ammunition as a 6.5 millimeter lead pellet, a high‑power air rifle projectile capable of causing severe trauma.
- The grandmother’s 43‑year‑old partner told authorities the gun discharged accidentally while he was cleaning it; he was initially detained, formally imputed for serious injuries, and released under investigation.
- Judicial agents executed a night search to seize the rifle and have moved the file to the Fiscalía de Actuación General while forensic ballistics and family statements are awaited to establish negligence or criminal responsibility.