Deadly shooting in Playa del Carmen

Posted by Allen Mason on October 17, 2020 - 1:21am Edited 10/17 at 1:29am

Playa del Carmen Shootout Results in Three Arrests.

October 16th 2020

News from Playa del Carmen yesterday is that there have been three men arrested after a shootout which resulted in two injured and one person dead.

The local Police were called to Marsella, Las Palmas II, Catalonia, Los Olivos and Ciudad Natura in pursuit of the suspected shooters who carried out the attack that left two injured and one dead.

The shooting occurred yesterday, close to noon, as the three victims were fired at while in their Car. It would appear from Police reports that it was a drive by shooting and the victims were targeted and not randomly fired upon. It would appear in a report from the authorities in the Municipal Secretariat of Public Safety and Traffic, that there were Police Officers close by who heard the Shots and gave chase.

The three Victims were rushed to Hospital but one succumbed to his Wounds shortly after arrival.

The three men that were pursued by the Police were detained, the driver of the vehicle reportedly fired his weapon in the direction of the Police Officers while trying to escape, and Police fired a warning shot to show that they were also armed.

One of the passengers tried to escape by running into some nearby jungle but was detained shortly afterwards.

The three men who were arrested are named by the Authorities as Pedro N, Antonio N, and Jonathan N from Guerrero, who was injured during his arrest and taken to hospital.

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