This is known from the shooting that occurred on Friday night at the Playita del Guasmo, in the south of Guayaquil

In less than 24 hours, the Guasmo area, in the south of Guayaquil, experienced moments of anxiety with a new shooting. It happened on the night of this Friday, January 21, at the San Felipe cooperative, in the Playita del Guasmo sector.

There, a group of people was attacked while on a court in the sector. The inhabitants went through minutes of terror when they heard the blast. Those who were on the field did not have time to flee.

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Some were left lying in the middle of the cement and others near bushes. Home videos recorded the moments of anguish, despair and crying.

This is what is known about the event, one of the bloodiest so far this year in Zone 8, which already accounts for more than 60 violent deaths.

-According to the version of neighbors, several armed subjects arrived in boats through the Playita area, which is on a branch of the estuary that leads to the Guayaquil Seaport. They began to shoot at several people who were on the court in the sector.

-The first versions indicate that due to the shooting 4 people died on the site and 11 were injured.

-After the shooting, dozens of residents came to the field and began to help the wounded. Some family members, seeing their relatives in these conditions, decided to take them to hospitals on their own.

-Several wounded arrived at health houses in the south in motorcycle taxis and others in vans. Ambulances later arrived at the site.

-Minutes after the shooting, dozens of policemen on motorcycles arrived in the sector and surrounded the field to try to control the situation and prevent the scene from being altered.

-Police and elements of the Armed Forces deployed a joint pursuit and capture operation by land and in speedboats in the sector, according to the Government of Guayas.

-The Government decided to send police protection to the hospital where the wounded are, some seriously caused by the bullets.

Eight violent deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Guayaquil; this year there are 62 murders in Zone 8

-The new fact of blood in the Guasmo has already crossed the borders. international media like Cnn in Spanish They have echoed this shooting.

-With the new deaths in Guasmo, zone 8, which includes Guayaquil, adds more than 60 violent deaths this year.