Authorities reported on Thursday night the arrest of Gabriel Santiago Andino, who is accused of shooting two municipal police officers on February 3 in Toa Alta.
According to the police report, 19-year-old Santiago Andino was arrested on Thursday evening around 11:00 in the San José neighborhood of Toa Alta.
The subject was sentenced in absentia to an arrest warrant with a global bail of $ 1.4 million for violating the articles of attempted murder, the law on weapons and the law on controlled substances.
According to authorities, on February 3, officers from the Puerto Rico Police Bureau entered the Ramón Pérez residential complex in Toa Alta to corroborate information and interview a person of interest. Mr. Santiago Andino became aware of the presence of the police and, with a firearm, fired two shots at a lieutenant and a municipal police sergeant Toa Alta. The sergeant was shot in the left hip.
Officer José Ortiz, assigned to the Bayamón Special Arrests Division, made the arrest, under the supervision of Sergeant George Marrero of the Comprehensive Plan for Citizen Security.
