Julio Eduardo Silva Aguirre died that day at 11:30 hours, at Posta Nº 3 in Santiago, due to an abdominal-thoracic gunshot wound with an exit wound, as recorded in the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

According to statements from eyewitnesses, on the morning of October 3, 1973, Julio Silva and two other young men were walking along Calle Enrique González, near the intersection of Avenida Maipú, in the La Victoria neighborhood.

When they crossed the railway line, a military patrol ordered them to stop. However, they did not comply with the order and fled. The uniformed personnel fired their weapons, wounding Silva Aguirre, who passed away hours later at a medical center.

The Superior Council, considering that there was a more rational means to achieve his arrest, declared Julio Eduardo Silva Aguirre a victim of human rights violations by State agents who made excessive use of force.