Off-duty Guardia Civil officer 'shot crash driver repeatedly in head'
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 @ 10:32 AM
A GUARDIA Civil officer has been arrested after allegedly killing a driver with several shots to the head after they became involved in an argument following a motorway accident.
The accused, 31, has tested positive for cannabis.
He is stationed in Quintanar de la Orden (Toledo province) and was thought to be off when the victim, a 39-year-old Moroccan man, hit his car on the A-3 Madrid-Valencia motorway and drove off.
According to initial inquiries, the Guardia Civil officer's Opel Zafira was flung into the central reservation and spun round before hitting the Moroccan's BMW's nearside wing with its front end.
The officer set off in pursuit and caught up with the victim at kilometre 67, in the town of Fuentidueña de Tajo, at around 07.30hrs.
He got out of his damaged Opel, badly bruised and cut by the smash, and threatened the BMW driver through the window with his gun.
The Moroccan got out of his car and ran, but a shot to the head brought him down.
Next, the Guardia Civil officer fired another four shots directly at his head, and left him lying in the middle of the motorway just a few metres from his car.
The Judicial Police Homicide Group has confiscated the officer's gun and impounded both the vehicles, and tested the accused on site for alcohol and drugs.
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