The Secretary of Citizen Security issues the following information on Wednesday, May 24th: Around 5:00 in the afternoon, a report was received to the 911 Emergency System, stating that on the San Miguel-Querétaro highway, near the Puente del Carmen Community, a woman was requesting help, but a man was not allowing her to get out of a truck.
Due to these facts, the Municipal Police was notified and several agents moved to the place; Upon arrival at the site, the police informed the C4 Operations Center that there are: two males, two females and a minor, who were traveling in a suburban-type van and that one of the males has an injury from a firearm. fire, so they requested support from the emergency forces.
Con profundo dolor, mi esposa Merce, mi nuera Karina, mis nietos Héctor y Javier y mi hijo Ricardo informamos el fallecimiento de nuestro amado hijo, esposo, padre y hermano. Te deseamos Héctor Javier que Dios te bendiga, que te reciba y te ilumine siempre. Descansa en paz mi rey
— HectorAstudillo (@HectorAstudillo) May 25, 2023
The police officers conducted procedural interviews and the informant indicated that the male injured himself in the head with a firearm; the other male who was in the place identified himself as the injured person’s bodyguard and stated that the firearm was in his charge.
The bodyguard, who identified himself as Ómar “N”, stated that the couple started arguing, so he stopped to calm them down and when he got off the vehicle, the man took the firearm, which was under the driver’s seat and shot himself.
Paramedics of the Red Cross arrived at the scene of the events and transferred the injured person to the General Hospital and the SSC notified the Guanajuato State Attorney General’s Office (FGEG), so that they could carry out the corresponding investigations.