Female Police Officer Shoots Robber in Barranquilla Attack

An armed robbery attempt targeting a police officer on October 11, 2026, in the Lucero neighborhood of Barranquilla resulted in an exchange of gunfire, the suspect’s arrest following medical treatment, and contrasting accounts in regional media regarding how the confrontation unfolded.

Attempted robbery in the Lucero neighborhood

The incident began at approximately 7:30 a.m. on October 11, 2026, at the intersection of Calle 53D and Carrera 34 in southwest Barranquilla. According to elheraldo.co, a female police agent was approached by a man armed with a firearm who arrived on a motorcycle and attempted to rob her.

Authorities stated that the assailant drew his weapon to intimidate the officer and demanded her belongings before firing at her. The officer was uninjured in the attack and returned fire in self-defense, striking the attacker. The suspect fled the scene on foot, abandoning his Bajaj motorcycle, which was subsequently seized by law enforcement.

Hospital identification and subsequent arrest

Minutes after the confrontation, a man carrying a gunshot wound to his right hand arrived at the PASO Santa María medical center for treatment. elheraldo.co reported that the female officer identified the patient through a photographic record as the individual responsible for the armed assault.

Police arrested the man at the medical facility under stable health conditions. Authorities identified him as Andrés Miguel Orozco Bolaño. The seized Bajaj motorcycle was logged into evidence as investigators worked to determine his exact criminal responsibilities.

Contrasting accounts across regional coverage

While elheraldo.co reported that the suspect approached a female officer on a motorcycle in southwest Barranquilla and was later captured at the PASO Santa María facility, a separate report by semana.com placed a similar encounter in the Villa Carolina sector of northern Barranquilla.

According to semana.com, metropolitan police officers intervened when a person in a vehicle was approached by a motorcyclist at Calle 99 and Carrera 65. That report identified the suspect as Pedro Junior Arévalo Hernández, 30, and stated that he attempted to disarm responding officers before being shot in the left leg and taken to the Paso Las Flores medical post.

sementa.com added that Arévalo Hernández held a prior judicial record for drug trafficking and noted that police transferred his case to the URI prosecutor’s office for violence against a public servant, with the CTI handling urgent investigative acts.

Ongoing investigations and unanswered questions

Law enforcement agencies in Barranquilla have not clarified how the distinct geographic locations and suspect identities reported by elheraldo.co and semana.com connect within the broader scope of metropolitan crime operations. Investigators have intensified patrols and operational controls across the city, leaving open questions regarding whether separate armed robbery attempts occurred simultaneously on the same morning.