The second attack was reported when police officers were conducting expertise in a place where the first violent act was carried out.
Two hitman-style attacks caused fear among citizens who were last night on Abdón Calderón Avenue, in Guasmo, in the south of Guayaquil.
A first attack was carried out in a barber shop on said main avenue. There, a man was wounded by a gunshot and was transferred to a medical home.
Minutes later, Criminalistics agents carried out tasks of gathering evidence and vestiges at the scene when a few meters later there was another violent act.
After hearing a detonation, the agents of the preventive axis mobilized urgently to that point and discovered the body of a man with a head wound.
In a patrol car, the affected person was taken to a nearby health home, however, a few minutes later his death was confirmed.
In parallel, Criminalistics agents who were leaving the place in a patrol car reported the abandonment of a motorcycle, two firearms and other evidence by three subjects.
Upon noticing the police presence, according to one of the Criminalistics agents, the three occupants lost their balance and left the car and other evidence in the middle of the road, near the hairdresser.
The Police continue the investigations to determine the identity of those implicated and the motivations for both acts of blood.
According to police figures, in zone 8, also made up of the Durán and Samborondón cantons, at least 605 violent deaths have been recorded so far this year until the previous weekend. (I)
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