PUERTO RICO: Six people were killed in a mass shooting in a San Juan Río Piedras housing project and gunfire left two people dead a day earlier in the island’s north.— Global Awareness 101 (@Mononoke__Hime) October 15, 2019
129 murders in the capital year to date compared to 106 over the same period last year.https://t.co/uFkJHqjYUn
The Washington Times
written by AP staff
Tuesday October 15, 2019
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor called an emergency meeting Tuesday after six people were killed in a mass shooting in a San Juan housing project and gunfire left two people dead a day earlier in the island’s north.
Automatic weapon fire and screams could be heard in videos circulating on social media of Monday’s shootout at the Río Piedras project. A police statement said the violence left five men and one woman dead. It followed the killing of two people Sunday in the city of Guaynabo.
The brazen murders led Gov. Wanda Vázquez to convene a gathering of her security team, led by public security chief Elmer Román and justice secretary Dennise Longo Quiñones.
After Tuesday’s meeting, Román said the National Guard would not be activated because a police reform requires officers to have training that Guard members don’t have. He said increased air and land patrols were discussed, along with reinforcing social programs.
“We’re going to see more patrols while this case is clarified,” he said. “There will be security and control.”
Officials said a patrol assigned to the Rio Piedras residence was not there at the time of Monday’s shooting but at a nearby housing project.
The justice secretary said three prosecutors had been sent to the scene.
“This is a complex crime scene,” Longo said. “We need the time and space to carry out an exhaustive and thoughtful investigation.”
The spate of crimes adds to Puerto Rico’s problems, which include a prolonged recession, a devastating hurricane in 2017 and a political crisis that led to the ousting of the island’s governor. According to Puerto Rico’s police, there have been 129 murders in the capital so far this year compared to 106 over the same period last year.
This happens almost every night in Puerto Rico. This isn't nothing new. No need for National exploitation in the news. Correction, not a mass shooting, just rival gangs and drug wars. Yes 6 died last night. pic.twitter.com/GPjXI5N6c0— josejay™ 🧴🧻 (@josejay_413) October 15, 2019
I’m hearing from people in Puerto Rico who are afraid that coverage of last nights mass shooting will hurt tourism on the island. Tourism will be helped if officials do more & do better to prevent what happened last night from ever happening again.— David Begnaud (@DavidBegnaud) October 15, 2019
Less talk. More results. https://t.co/45p7bWowUm
More than 1,000 bullet casings were found at the housing complex where the shooting took place. https://t.co/oQ3D3VWwY1— WDHN (@WDHN) October 15, 2019
Just to enlighten you guys of how crazy the situation is in Puerto Rico. This massacre between drug rivals occured last night in one of Puerto Rico’s most dangerous and notorious residential areas. Right next to this residential area? The Mall of San Juan... pic.twitter.com/zZ0TI8LFjI— Christian Rodriguez 🇵🇷 (@motordeportes) October 15, 2019
That Mall is known for it’s fancy stores like Gucci, Prada, etc, and is a gigantic tourist trap for being so close to the main ports in San Juan. The inequality in Puerto Rico between the rich and the poor is literally night and day, and it’s one of the saddest things I’ve seen.— Christian Rodriguez 🇵🇷 (@motordeportes) October 15, 2019
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