A new attack by hitmen in which minors are collateral victims occurred early this Monday, March 7, in the south of Guayaquil.
Two brothers, ages 4 and 5, and a 46-year-old man were hit by bullets after they fired into their home.
Seven dead and two injured in shooting outside a house in Las Malvinas, in the south of Guayaquil
It happened in the Casitas del Guasmo cooperative, at 02:20, when the family was apparently gathered in the living room of the house.
At that time, armed subjects arrived in a vehicle and opened fire.
On the facade, in the metal door and in the window were the bullet holes that hit the minors and an adult who was next to them.
The three were taken to the Guasmo hospital.
Captain Stalin Fagra, police chief of the sector, explained that the 4-year-old boy was shot in the abdomen and that the doctors are trying to stabilize him to transfer him to the Francisco Icaza Bustamante hospital.
At least four violent deaths were reported in recent hours in Guayaquil
His 5-year-old brother is in stable condition; he was grazed by a bullet in the ribs and has already been discharged. The adult received a wound to the hand.
Criminalistics agents raised 22 ballistic signs at the scene. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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