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Dispute between two central PDC businesses leaves one man dead

Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — One dead and one injured was reported after a Friday evening shooting in central Playa del Carmen. SSP of Solidaridad attended to several reports of gun fire along Fifth Avenue and 31st Street.

Responding officers found one dead male and another with a bullet injury inside the eatery around 5:00 p.m. After paramedics pronounced one male dead on scene, the injured was transferred to hospital in an ambulance.

Reports say the shooting was a dispute between two centrally located area businesses.

Police are said to have arrested a suspect near 34th Street and 10th Avenue, however, local authorities have not confirmed an arrest or provided information on the city’s deadly Friday night shooting.