Three melted candles and a piece of cardboard rested on a bloodstain on Letamendi Street between 36 and 37, in the Guayaquil suburb.
In that crowded place, on the night of this Saturday the 19th, several neighbors were already resting when a burst of shots was heard. There, a 32-year-old citizen who was traveling on a motorcycle with his 3-year-old daughter was killed, police personnel said.
Subjects who were traveling in a wine-colored automobile opened fire on the victim around 10:35 p.m.
As a result of the fact, the man, identified as John Jairo García Santistevan, died on the spot while the minor was injured in the forehead, due to a fall from the vehicle.
Due to this injury, she was taken to a public hospital of the Ministry of Health.
At the site, agents from special Police units surrounded the road between 36th and 37th streets to collect at least seven ballistic evidence on the road.
According to police records, the victim, whose body was taken to the morgue of the Judicial Police, has been arrested for fraud.
Immediately, police units mounted search operations to find the suspects in the incident. As of this morning, no arrests have been made in the case.
Meanwhile, early Saturday morning, around 02:00, in the coop. Assad Bucaram, in Pascuales, a man was killed during a wake.
In another area of the suburb, on 27th and D streets, around 03:00, a 22-year-old man was injured by gunshot wounds. The citizen was taken to a nursing home.
This morning, the discovery of a lifeless body, apparently decapitated, was reported in block 2 of Bastión Popular, in the northwest of the city. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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