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Car shot up and driver hit while traveling through Maya town

Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Q.R. — At least half a dozen shots penetrated a private vehicle Wednesday in the Mayan town of Polyuc. The car was shot at by unknown subjects as the man and woman inside drove through the center of town.

The male driver from the car was hit in the back and taken to hospital for medical attention. The couple told police they were driving their Yucatan plated car through the center of town shortly after midnight when they were intercepted by another car from where someone began shooting at them.

The couple were able to provide some details of the intercepting vehicle. Police found bullet holes in the front and back windshield as well as on the driver’s side of the car.

Municipal Police of Felipe Carrillo Puerto responded to the 9-1-1 report of the shooting, however, those responsible had already fled the scene. Paramedics transferred the male driver of the car to hospital.