• Suceso Arrested the murderer of Canovelles after kidnapping two women "at gunpoint"

It was more than six hours of anguish. Listening to the threats of one man who had just killed another and bragged about it. This is how two women lived the 585 kilometers by car that separate Barcelona from Murcia at dawn from Saturday to Sunday, transporting under "coercion and threats" Roger L.S., whom the Mossos d'Esquadra were looking for for having fatally shot five times in the back the manager of the Granollers shooting club, in Canovelles (Barcelona).

The suspect assaulted them on Saturday night at a service station in the Sarrià district of Barcelona and "at gunpoint", as indicated by the National Police, forced the two women to take him to Murcia driving all night on the highway. On the disturbing journey, the suspect told them he had killed a man a few hours ago and threatened to kill them all the way, according to police sources. Upon arriving in the capital of Murcia, early in the morning, he got off in a central square and went to the train station to continue his escape.

When they were free, the women notified the police, who set up a device to locate the suspect. They managed to stop him at the station. During the arrest, the aggressor, 19 years old and a Spanish national, resisted and threatened the agents, trying to remove one of the weapons. However, he was reduced and in the search they found two loaded pistols, ammunition and a knife. The police transferred him to the guard court, although he will be sent to the courts of Granollers to answer for the crime in the shooting club.

The two women were testifying all day in police stations and received the support of relatives who traveled to Murcia. Then they were able to return to Barcelona. It was the end of a nightmare that began much earlier, specifically on Saturday afternoon, when the suspect went to the shooting club of which he was a member in Canovelles.

There he spent an hour practicing with two firearms. About half past seven in the afternoon, when the facilities were about to close and there were few members left, he approached the manager who was in the shooting gallery from behind. It was then that the suspect shot the victim five times, without knowing at the moment the causes. Police sources indicate that the attack was by surprise and from behind, as recorded in the video surveillance service that controls the entire club. While Roger escaped without the partners present being able to do anything to prevent it, the victim, about 50 years old and resident of the town of Granollers, lay with serious injuries on the floor of the facilities.

Image of the suspect.

Soon they notified the emergency services, and numerous patrols of the Catalan police moved to the club, as well as several ambulances. However, the health workers could not save the life of the victim, despite the resuscitation tasks. The severity of his injuries caused him to die shortly thereafter.

While the toilets acted, the Mossos d'Esquadra began with the investigation. The first thing they did was identify the suspect, who has a gun license, by witnesses and security cameras. They also had access to his record within the club, of which he was a regular. At that time, the agents initiated an extensive search and capture device for Roger, since he was armed and considered very dangerous. They also alerted the guard court so that the judicial delegation could lift the body. Police officers from the scientific unit began viewing the cameras to determine the causes of the crime. In them it can be verified that the attack was from behind and that the suspect shot several times on the victim.

The agents of the Catalan regional police established numerous controls on the roads and stations. Rapid intervention and air units were also activated to track the suspect, who had the model of vehicle in which he had used in his escape. In this sense, the agents knew that he had escaped in the direction of Barcelona, although they lost track of him when he arrived in the Catalan capital.

The extensive operation deployed by the Mossos was looking all night for Roger in several wooded areas of the metropolitan area, but without success. Everything indicates that the aggressor stopped in the upper area of Barcelona and there he changed his clothes before assaulting the two women to take him to Murcia.

The City Council of Canovelles yesterday showed its support for the relatives and friends of the victim and thanked the "rapid action" of the security forces, which allowed the arrest of the alleged perpetrator of the facts, who also resided in a municipality in the area, a few hours later in Murcia. The Consistory has contacted the relatives of the victim and those responsible for the shooting club and available to the Mossos d'Esquadra.

For the time being, the equipment will remain closed for several days due to this tragic event. Several members of the club explained on TVE that the victim was a very appreciated person since he had been in charge for five years. Their task was to control that the security measures were complied with in the shooting gallery and that everyone carried the weapon correctly and the appropriate material.

In addition, they indicated that the club has strong security measures, not only for the video surveillance system, but also for the periodic controls carried out by the Civil Guard, so there had not been an accident. They also recalled that to obtain the weapons license it is necessary to pass medical and psychotechnical tests.

The suspect, who resides in a municipality of Vallès Oriental, presented himself to be a professional soldier and was even in the military training school. However, during the selection process, before starting the instruction last September, he voluntarily left without transcending the causes. Therefore, several sources indicated to this media that he cannot be considered a former soldier, as had been maintained at first.

  • Murcia
  • Mossos d'Esquadra
  • Civil Guard
  • TVE
  • National Police
  • Barcelona

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