A young man identified as Juan Sebastián Escalante was murdered in cold blood inside a commercial premises in the Simón Bolívar neighborhood of Pitalito. According to the first inquiries, armed subjects arrived at the place where they intercepted the victim, taking his life with a firearm. Another person was injured in the same incident.
A new act of blood ended the tranquility of the inhabitants of the commune Uno de Pitalito. Armed men attacked two people with bullets in the urban area of the municipality, leaving one person dead and another wounded.
the homicide
According to the first inquiries, the incident took place after 7:30 p.m. yesterday in the vicinity of the Simón Bolívar neighborhood of Valle de Laboyos. Neighbors of the sector say that the victims were inside an establishment that was in the process of being remodeled, when they were intercepted by the gunmen who fired in cold blood.
Affected
In the vile attack, Juan Sebastián Escalante was hit by projectiles, which caused him to collapse on the ground, leaving him on a hematic lake. As a result of his injuries, he died instantly, while his companion managed to be helped by the Pitalito Volunteer Fire Department, who transferred him in an ambulance to the local health center.
the assassins fled
It is to be specified that the executioners, upon achieving their mission, fled in an unknown direction. On the other hand, the residents who were disconcerted by the shots gathered on the public highway to find out what had happened.
Minutes later, the quadrant patrol arrived, cordoning off the area while criminal investigation units arrived to remove the body.
behind the tracks
The reasons that motivated the crime are unknown, the motives for the act of assassination are being investigated by the forensic experts who proceeded with the photographic record and with the collection of the recordings of the security cameras in order to individualize and identify those responsible. .
The body of the deceased today was taken to the Institute of Legal Medicine, waiting for his family to carry out the rigorous procedures to give him his Christian burial. The 29-year-old was a native of Saladoblanco and was studying a university degree in the city of Neiva.
At the close of this edition, the Huila Police Department had not ruled on this new homicide, which generates terror in the population.
heartfelt farewell
In social networks relatives of the deceased regretted the unexpected news. “Very sad a young man so educated and with good behavior, God welcome him in his kingdom, very humanitarian,” wrote Mercedes Hermida.
In the same way, Álvaro Medina Becerra commented “there are no words that express the impotence that is felt, God give the Escalante family a lot of strength. My dearest condolences”.
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