One Man Dead And One Wounded In Armed Attack At Culiacán Hospital: Sinaloa, May 19, 2024.

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was translated and reposted from RIODOCE 

A gunshot-wounded man who was being rushed to a private hospital in Culiacán was shot and killed upon arrival at the emergency room; the attack left a stretcher-bearer wounded.

The victim was identified as Ulises "N", 29 years old, who along with another man identified as Mariano "N" were attacked in the vicinity of Pericos, Mocorito, and taken in a Cruz Roja Mocorito ambulance to the private hospital.

The stretcher-bearer was identified as José Luis "N", who was assisting the injured man.

The incident occurred around 22:00 hours on Saturday in the emergency area of the Los Angeles hospital located on Millenium Boulevard, a few meters from the truck station.

According to reports, a Red Cross ambulance was arriving with one of the gunshot wounded and as they were entering the emergency area a group of gunmen who arrived at the hospital on board several units shot repeatedly at one of the wounded until they took his life.

Elements of the different police forces arrived at the scene to gather reports of what had happened.

According to information provided by Mariano "N", one of the survivors, they were buying coricos at the Pericos intersection when they were shot at by armed men.

Unofficially, it is said that these two people tried to rob a model SUV at the intersection, but the victim took out a firearm from his clothes and shot at the robbers, starting a confrontation that lasted a few minutes.

SOURCE: RIODOCE