Juan Carlos Roberto Gómez Iturra died that day at 9:15 hours, at the Barros Luco Hospital, due to a thoracic-abdominal gunshot wound with an exit wound, as certified by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to witness statements, Juan Carlos Gómez was a member of the Central Committee of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR) and a former political prisoner. On June 21, 1979, he was traveling with another militant from that organization in a stolen pickup truck through the Matadero Lo Valledor sector in Santiago, when they encountered a police checkpoint, which they attempted to evade.

The police pursued them, and as they prepared to arrest them inside the Nueva Independencia neighborhood, the men resisted with firearms, leading to an exchange of gunfire that ended when both were subdued.

In the confrontation, Carabineros Sergeant Nicomedes Inostroza Molina was killed; his case was reviewed by the Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación, which declared him a victim of human rights violations.

Juan Carlos Gómez, for his part, was wounded in the leg and back.

According to the statement of his companion, both were placed inside the police vehicle, which remained at the same location. After an hour, the companion began shouting and kicking the doors of the van in order to secure prompt medical aid for the wounded man, who was bleeding out inside the vehicle.

However, one of the captors, upon hearing him, opened the van door, asked what was happening, and subsequently struck Juan Carlos Gómez on his wounds, causing an increase in the hemorrhage. Only an hour later was he transported to the Barros Luco Hospital, where his death was confirmed.

Considering the evidence gathered and the investigation conducted by this Corporation, the Superior Council, although it could not determine the status of the perpetrator as an agent of the State, reached the conviction that the fact that he was not provided with timely medical attention and that he was beaten while wounded had a decisive influence on the death of Juan Carlos Roberto Gómez Iturra.

For this reason, it declared him a victim of political violence.