{"id":505857,"date":"2026-04-26T20:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/man-wanted-for-assault-on-elderly-person-dies-after-confrontation-with-police-in-pantoja\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T20:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:56:10","slug":"man-wanted-for-assault-on-elderly-person-dies-after-confrontation-with-police-in-pantoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/man-wanted-for-assault-on-elderly-person-dies-after-confrontation-with-police-in-pantoja\/","title":{"rendered":"Man wanted for assault on elderly person dies after confrontation with Police in Pantoja"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> A man accused of involvement in an assault on a 72-year-old woman died on Saturday afternoon after a confrontation with National Police officers during an operation in the municipal district of Pantoja.\n\nThe deceased was identified as Jorge Junior P\u00e9rez Encarnaci\u00f3n, 26 years old, a resident of Santo Domingo Oeste, who was wanted by the authorities for his alleged connection to a criminal act that occurred days earlier.\n\nAccording to the preliminary report, agents from the Department of Criminal Investigations (Dicrim) were conducting surveillance when they located the individual on Salom\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a street, where a shootout occurred.\n\nThe Police indicated that, upon noticing the presence of the officers, the man would have fired at the patrol with a 9-millimeter caliber firearm that he was carrying illegally, which caused the uniformed officers to respond to the aggression.\n\nThe individual was transferred to Dr. Vinicio Calventi Hospital, where he subsequently died while receiving medical attention, according to the death certificate.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/enlaces\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"491852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man arrested for assault with a stone that left a 79-year-old woman seriously injured in SDE<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/category\/nacionales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/h4>\n\n\nThe authorities explained that the case is related to an assault that occurred on April 19 in the El Mill\u00f3n sector, National District, where a 72-year-old woman was stripped of her belongings. The event is said to have been captured on video and shared on social media, which allowed for her identification.\n\nIn the scene of the confrontation, the Scientific Police collected shell casings and the firearm used, while the case continues under investigation.\n\nThe body was sent to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) for the corresponding procedures.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 A man accused of involvement in an assault on a 72-year-old woman died on Saturday afternoon after a confrontation with National Police officers during an operation in the municipal district of Pantoja. 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