Chetumal, Q.R. — Local authorities have started an investigation into the broad daylight shooting that left a Chetumal man dead. The man was shot in a shopping mall parking lot Saturday afternoon by a man disguised as a food delivery driver.
The victim was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. He has been identified as 35 year old Cristopher “N”.
The shooting happened shortly before 2:00 p.m. while the man was walking to his parked vehicle. According to eye witnesses, a man on a motorcycle disguised as food delivery shot him in a targeted attack.
The victim was hit in the chest and fell to the ground between other parked cars. Police responding to the 9-1-1 reports transported the victim to the nearest hospital. Doctors at the naval hospital confirmed he had already died.
Authorities have confirmed that the deceased is not a marine or in any way related to the Navy, only that he was taken to the navy hospital since it was the closed medical facility to the shooting.
Police say their primary line of investigation is mariticide by the victim’s former girlfriend, however, they are also investigating other motives into the man’s murder.
In a statement Saturday, authorities said “the Quintana Roo Attorney General’s Office (FGE Quintana Roo) reports the opening of an investigation into the events that occurred this afternoon in the parking lot of a shopping center located in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco, where a man died as a result of gunshot wounds.
“According to initial inquiries, the main line of investigation points to a possible crime of passion, however, the FGE is pursuing several other lines of inquiry in order to fully clarify the facts.
“The State Attorney General’s Office reiterates its commitment to legality, the administration of justice and the zero impunity policy, to ensure that whoever is responsible is brought before the competent authorities.”
