Cozumel, Q.R. — A Cozumel man has died after being shot twice while inside a city gym. The shooting happened Friday evening inside the Titan gym on Transversal Avenue.
According to witnesses, he was shot at least two times about the head and neck. Paramedics rushed him to the General Hospital where he died later that night. The deceased has been identified as 40 year old Rodolfo Bastarrachea López.
He worked as a fitness coach at the gym where he was shot. Municipal and state police responded to the reports of the shooting. Navy personnel were also at the scene.
The shooter is reported to have fled on a motorcycle. A search operation for the bike and gunmen came up empty handed. Authorities in Cozumel have not commented on a possible motive for the shooting.
The office of the State Attorney General (FGE) have confirmed that an investigation has begun into intentional homicide and that area surveillance cameras are being analyzed.
