Cuautitlán Izcalli shooting, Digi Mart USA News (Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico): While people were observing the Day of the Dead, two motorcyclists arrived at a home in Cuautitlán Izcalli and shot four men, one of whom died while three others were injured.
The attack occurred shortly before midnight in the Santa María Guadalupe la Quebrada neighborhood. According to the published report, the victims were gathered on a street drinking alcohol when two armed individuals arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire directly on the group.
The victims had no opportunity to take cover, and the attackers sped off after the burst of gunfire.
Neighbors alerted emergency numbers. Police and paramedics went to the scene, took three injured men to a nearby hospital, and confirmed the death of one man on the public road.
Police reportedly could not obtain details about the attackers’ physical characteristics, and they fled in an unknown direction. According to the report, no surveillance cameras or eyewitnesses willing to testify were found in the area.
Investigators are reportedly waiting for the recovery and formal testimony of the survivors in an effort to identify those responsible for the homicide.
The report also notes that this incident brings the total to four people killed in three separate shootings in Cuautitlán Izcalli. The first case occurred on Saturday afternoon on Ajusco Sur street in the Infonavit Norte housing complex, where two men were killed by gunfire and a woman was injured.
Another incident was reported Sunday morning on Circuito Tlapa, near Avenida Jiménez Cantú, in the Unidad Ferrocarrilera area, also in Infonavit Norte, where a man was found dead with gunshot wounds on the pavement.
