Cancun, Q.R. — Am armed attack in the Cielo Nuevo residential area of Cancun has left one dead and one injured. According to police, three people were arrested and remain in custody in the fatal afternoon shooting.
On Wednesday, one man was killed and another injured during an armed afternoon attack.
Police were made aware of the shooting on Isla Sumatra Street in SM 249 of the city Wednesday afternoon by area residents who reported gunfire.
Officers arrived and observed several people running away from the scene toward the nearby residential area of Paseos del Mar from where two people were found with gunshot wounds.
Responding officers began a foot chase that ended in SM 251 where three people were arrested. One of those in custody is reported to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of of his arrest.
Paramedics from the Emergency Medical Rescue Squad confirmed the death of one man at the scene. The man, around 30, is said to be a suspected loan shark.
He was shot six times while riding his motorcycle. Paramedics found he had received four bullet wounds to his head, one to his back and another to an arm.
The second person shot during the 3:00 p.m. attack was an innocent bystander who was transferred to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Cancun’s Investigative Police are continuing their investigation.
