Street Artist Using Machetes In His Act Gets Shot Dead By Police In Chile, Sets Of Massive Riots

A street artist was using machetes for his act (it is not yet known if they were props or real). The police officer repeatedly asks him to lower his machetes and fires two warning shots, to which the subject responds by running towards him. Given this, the policeman fired three shots at the subject, who died shortly after.

Later that evening, buildings were burned during protests in a town in southern Chile on Friday, as angry demonstrators reacted to the fatal police shooting of a street juggler.

The shooting took place on Friday afternoon in the town of Panguipulli after police officers tried to check the juggler’s identity, ADN Radio Chile reported. The regional government later said on Twitter that the man had died as a result of the shooting.

By Friday night, video footage was circulating on social media that appeared to show burning buildings and barricades in Panguipulli. A local official, Carlos Durán, posted a video on Facebook showing several fires across the city, with thick plumes of smoke rising into the night sky.