Overview
- At a Wednesday hearing before Oral Criminal Court No. 24, the salon owner and a recent hire testified about the shooting, and their statements were added to the case file ahead of May 5 closings.
- Both witnesses said Abel Guzmán drew a gun, ordered everyone to stay still, threatened to “blow everyone’s head off,” and locked the exits with a key he took from a shelf.
- Owner Facundo Verdini said Guzmán positioned the group, shot Germán Medina without warning, then he hid in the bathroom and called 911.
- Employee Noelia Palazzo said she also fled to the bathroom after the shot and then called 911, and police arrived minutes later treating those present as possible suspects.
- Testimony described recent disputes between Guzmán and Medina over formol, a strong hair-straightening chemical, and a relationship that had worsened in the week before the attack.