“He was coming to buy drugs when they shot him,” said one of the witnesses who are passing by outside the Hidalgo metro.
A man of Venezuelan origin was shot dead near a “420” camp on Paseo de la Reforma in the Cuauhtémoc municipality.
According to the first police reports, the events occurred around nine o’clock at night at the intersection of Basilio Badillo and Paseo de la Reforma in the Tabacalera neighborhood, when a delivery man started an argument with four other subjects.
He was coming to buy drugs when they shot him, he was accompanied by a woman, who ran away, but was hit by a bullet and was injured,” added the witness.
As time went by, the alleged attackers took out firearms and began shooting at their victim at least nine times, then fled in an unknown direction.
At the scene, paramedics from a private ambulance arrived and diagnosed the 25-year-old male as having no vital signs.
The area was cordoned off by elements of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) while experts from the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (FGJCDMX) carried out the corresponding procedures.
At the moment, the SSC reported that it learned of a man of approximately 30 years of age who lost his life as a result of a direct assault with gunshots, on Doctor Basilio Badillo Street and its intersection with Paseo de la Reforma Avenue, in the Tabacalera neighborhood, in the Cuauhtémoc municipality.
Mentioning that the analysis of the video surveillance cameras in the area is being carried out, to identify the probable perpetrators who, according to the first reports, were traveling aboard a vehicle; meanwhile, the Public Ministry agent was informed for the corresponding expert services.
Source: eluniversal
