It happened around 12:30 on Wednesday the 15th.
One subject was shot and killed while walking on one of the sidewalks of Calle 4.º Pasaje 2A of the Simón Bolívar citadel, in the north of Guayaquil.
In a video surveillance camera, the crime that occurred in front of the church of the Niña María parish was captured, after 12:30 on Wednesday, December 15.
A man got out of a gray vehicle and shot the victim repeatedly. After the attack, the attacker fled the site aboard the same vehicle.
According to residents of the area, at least four detonations were heard at the time of the attack.
The body of the victim, who wore shorts type jean and a gray T-shirt, he was lying between the sidewalk and the roadway, located parallel to Avenida de las Américas.
The assailant wore a cap, mask, and blue and black clothing.
At the site, paramedics from the Ecuadorian Red Cross and members of the National Police confirmed that the man no longer had vital signs.
Around 2:00 p.m., a Legal Medicine vehicle of the Ecuadorian Transit Commission was in charge of moving the body to the morgue of the Judicial Police, located in the west of the city.
In Zone 8, made up of the Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón cantons, there have been at least 625 violent deaths so far this year. That number is double the 290 cases of this type registered in 2020. (I)
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