Puerto Morelos, Q.R. — Homicide investigators continue their search for the gunmen responsible for a fatal Puerto Morelos attack. Two cars traveling municipal roads were involved in the deadly shooting that took place early Wednesday.
Police were alerted to the sound of gunfire by local Puerto Morelos workers around 3:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. At the scene of the shooting, police found a car of five shot people.
The shooting happened during a chase along municipal roads that ended on the federal highway approximately three kilometers south of the seaside town.
One person, a male driver, was found dead behind the wheel. Four others inside the private vehicle were found alive and transferred to different hospitals.
Three were transferred by ambulance to the General Hospital of Cancun for gunshot wounds. One male was shot in a leg, while another was grazed in an arm. The third person suffered two gunshots about the head. One to his face and the other, in the back of his head. He was admitted in critical condition and died in hospital.
The fourth shot person inside the car was transferred to a Playa del Carmen hospital in serious condition with two gunshots to the back and a graze to his head.
According to available information, the five males were traveling in a black car when they became the target of another vehicle. A chase ensued with the other car firing at the first.
While trying to escape the other vehicle, the driver of the black car drove through municipal streets while being shot at, which alerted the nighttime workers to the sound of gunfire. In response, they called police.
The other vehicle eventually caught up with the black car and opened fire against it, hitting everyone inside. By the time police arrived, all five had been shot in the targeted attack.
Local authorities have not made any public comment on the early morning shooting. Police have not announced a possible motive or the arrests of any suspects.
