An 18-year-old young man, a former soccer player in the youth divisions of the Club Atlético Ferrocarril Midland, was shot dead twice in front of his girlfriend in a park in the Merlo party in Buenos Aires after an argument with two teenagers who were traveling aboard a motorcycle, and who are wanted, as well as five other people who allegedly also participated in the incident, police and judicial sources reported this Monday. The murder of Tomás Santiago Sánchez (18), which was filmed, occurred at 1 in the morning on Sunday, when the young man was in the public space known as "Cancha de Patos", in the Libertad neighborhood, of the aforementioned district. from the Buenos Aires suburbs, along with his friends and his girlfriend. As explained by the sources, this place is known for being a square where young people with motorcycles usually go to listen to music. There, as could be seen in the video of a security camera that recorded the entire violent sequence, a group made up of at least nine motorcycles passed near Sánchez, who was on foot, and its crew members rebuked him after an exchange of insults. looks. After that, one of the motorcyclists got out of his vehicle and began to fight with fists with Sánchez, who was dressed in a brown sweatshirt. In this context, another of the motorcyclists took out a firearm and began shooting at the 18-year-old, who was shot twice in the abdomen. According to the spokespersons, as a result of the shots, Sánchez fell to the ground and died instantly, while the aggressor fled alone driving a white motorcycle. Also, as seen in the video, the rest of the motorcyclists escaped from the scene when they heard the explosions.