Man Commits Suicide After Accidental Murder

"CORDOBA, Argentina - It all happened in less than 12 hours. A man shot himself in the head after accidentally killing a woman, identified as Mariana Bustamante. She received a shot in the head last night as she was watching TV with her son in Cordoba Capital.

"Today at around 8.10 at the crossroads of Boedo and Rosales, the body of the man shot in the head was lying on the road, a motorcycle and a 9-milimiter gun.

"Corrections officer Silvio Omar Broardo, 40, had been allegedly assaulted by Bustamante’s husband, identified as Nestor Cortez. And to avenge the assault he decided to shoot the assailant’s house. When he found out he had caused the woman’s death he decided to take his own life.

"`Two men driving a motorcycle drove past and one of them shot the house’s front. The shots went through the metal door and one of them went into the girl’s head,` said police officer Luis Gonzalez.

"Around 21 yesterday, young Bustamante was watching TV with her son of 4 when the shooting began. The child was unharmed.

"While Bustamante was fighting for her life at the Emergency Hospital of Cordoba, Broardo was killing himself with a shot in Boedo and Rosales, 800 metres from the scene.

"Before shooting himself Broardo texted his wife apologizing for what he was about to do. And also apologizing to Bustamante’s relatives for her death. `I didn’t mean to kill anybody` read the text message."

From momento24.com...