Othón P. Blanco, Q.R. — Police have made an arrest in the weekend murder of a Calderitas woman. The woman was found shot to death Saturday night. Police and paramedics arrived in response to 8:30 p.m. reports of gunfire shot from a pickup.
Emergency personnel found the woman laying face down off the side of a road. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Police began an investigation with her husband as the main suspect.
Neighbors who witnessed the shooting told police that an armed men got out of a vehicle and shot the woman in the back several times. The shooting happened at the intersection of Jalisco and Tizimín Streets. After the attack, the shooter fled in a pickup truck toward the community of Luis Echeverría.
On Sunday, local authorities announced an arrest in the woman’s murder. Police say they have Luis “N” in custody, the alleged shooter.
“Following an operation carried out by members of the Quintana Roo Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC), we report the arrest of Luis “N,” the alleged attacker of a woman who sadly lost her life in Calderitas, Othón P. Blanco municipality.
“The report was received around 8:32 p.m. when the 911 emergency number was alerted about a woman injured by a firearm at the intersection of Jalisco and Tizimín streets.
“Immediately, security forces deployed a search and response operation in the surrounding area which led to the location of the alleged attacker. The man will be handed over to the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) where the relevant investigations will be conducted,” the SSC reported.
