Gunmen on bikes opened hearth on an digital dance music occasion within the coastal city of Puerto Colombia on Monday night time, killing three individuals and wounding 9 others, El Universal experiences.
The assault occurred on a personal property round 4 miles from town heart, close to the Papiros Toll plaza on the coastal freeway often known as Vía al Mar. The victims had been partying on the rave, dubbed “Expertise Check,” when 4 assailants arrived on a pair of bikes and “started capturing indiscriminately” into the group, in keeping with native authorities.
Two individuals reportedly died on the scene: Luis Alfredo Vergara Julio, 25, who suffered deadly wounds to his face and neck, and Ronaldo José Alarcón Castrilleros, 19, who sustained three head wounds. A 3rd sufferer, Maciel Karina Gómez, 25, died later at an area hospital.
Gómez, an influencer and aspiring EDM artist, was certainly one of 12 DJs performing on the occasion. She had shared movies of her dancing on social media simply minutes earlier than she was fatally shot.
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The assault follows a sample of violence that has plagued Colombia’s coastal areas, the place felony organizations usually goal gatherings and public occasions. Authorities haven’t but recognized the perpetrators or established a motive for the capturing.
“Between 10pm and 10:30 pm, at Kilometer 7 on the highway to the coast, in an space often known as Villa Olvega, a gaggle of younger individuals had been having fun with a personal get together once they had been interrupted by people who started capturing indiscriminately,” Edwin Urrego, commander of the Metropolitan Police of Barranquilla, stated in an announcement. “On account of this assault, three individuals died and 9 extra had been injured.”
Colombian authorities have launched an investigation into the capturing.
