At least two people have died and four others have been injured during a shooting in the Almeria town of El Ejido.
As reported by Efe, Among the injured are two minors.
The perpetrator of the shooting has been arrested hours after the event. According to Ep, the couple shot to death are the parents of the arrested man, who also has family ties to the injured.
Sources from the Civil Guard have informed Europa Press that One of the injured minors is 7 months old and is in critical condition.. This is the son of the author of the events.
Another of the injured is a two-year-old minor, while the other two injured, who are hospitalized, are a woman in serious condition and a 60-year-old man.
Sources close to the case have informed this agency thatThe alleged perpetrator of the shooting has turned himself in at the Local Police headquarters. from the town of Almería.
The event was recorded around 11:15 p.m. in the area known as El Canalillo, near the neighboring town of Balanegra.
As LA RAZÓN learned, he was an alleged murderer with possible schizophrenia, born in 2003. The suspect attacked his mother and stepfather while they were sitting in a car and they are all, apparently, of gypsy ethnicity. He started shooting at everyone and hit a woman with a baby and a Moroccan in the head, who are in the Torre Cárdenas Hospital. The gun was a 9mm. The events, specifically, took place in Balanegra, on the border with El Ejido.
After the events, the Civil Guard set up a special device with specialized units such as the Rapid Action Group, which allowed the arrest of the author at 4am. The Civil Guard is investigating the causes and motive of the crime, which points to domestic violence, ruling out other motivations. The origin of the weapon is also being investigated, since the author lacked a license.
On the other hand, from the Jucil association they point out that “we warn with enormous concern of the increase in conflict and insecurity experienced in certain neighborhoods of Almería, where agents of the Civil Guard and the Security Forces and Corps work to the limit to address an increasingly complex reality.” “The lack of sufficient troops and resources is causing an unsustainable situation, with overwhelmed patrols and an evident feeling of impunity in some especially sensitive areas,” Jucil told this newspaper.