on september 1, 2022, at 8:50 p.m. (local time in argentina), the vice president of argentina arrived at her home after a session in the senate. fernández was signing copies of her book "sinceramente" outside her home, when fernando andrés sabag montiel, about 35 years old, pointed a 32-caliber bersa gun at the president's head. he pulled the trigger twice but none of the magazine's five serviceable cartridges were chambered. the object had a damaged serial number.