2019 Río Piedras shooting
On October 14, 2019, 6 people were killed during a shoot out between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the[1] Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[2] It was later reported that there were 8 fatalities, 7 men and one woman.[3]
2019 Río Piedras shooting | |
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Río Piedras | |
Location | Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates | 18.410307°N 66.0269325°W |
Date | October 14, 2019 c. 7:00 p.m. (EST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 8 |
5th in a wave of shootings
The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in 2 deaths.[4] News reports were of earlier shootings in other areas, one in Cayey resulting in 3 deaths[5] and another in a gas station that resulted in 3 deaths[6] The first in this series of massacres was 3 people in Ciales on June 10.[6]
Reactions
The governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced, held emergency meetings.[7]
References
- Univision. "Masacre deja a cinco personas muertas en Río Piedras, Puerto Rico". Univision (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- "Shooting kills 6 in Puerto Rico, leads to emergency meeting". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
- "Aumentan a ocho las víctimas fatales en masacre de Río Piedras". www.wapa.tv. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- PR, Por CYBERNEWS / TELEMUNDO. "Identifican a víctimas del doble asesinato en Río Piedras - Telemundo Puerto Rico". www.telemundopr.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- VOCERO, Miguel Rivera Puig, EL. "En Cayey la tercera masacre del año". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- CYBERNEWS, Por. "Segunda masacre del 2019: Asesinan a tres en gasolinera de San Juan - Telemundo Puerto Rico". www.telemundopr.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- "Shooting kills 6 in Puerto Rico, leads to emergency meeting". Washington Post. Associated Press. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- "Vigil for Puerto Rico shooting victims in the Bronx". WPIX 11 New York. 2019-10-16. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
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