Hitman attack in Barranquilla: A six-year-old boy dies and a one-year-old baby is injured

A tragic episode of violence shocked Barranquilla, Colombia last Friday, September 13, 2024, when subjects on a motorcycle carried out a hitman attack in the Santo Domingo neighborhood, in the southwest of the city.

The brutal attack left a six-year-old girl dead and a baby injured his mother was already one year old.

The incident occurred on 80th Street and 1E transversal, where the gunmen fired indiscriminately at a house.

According to local media, The minor received a bullet impact in the abdomenwhich caused his death. Meanwhile, a one-year-old baby, who was in his mother’s arms, was wounded in the left leg.

The boy’s mother, identified as Michel Andrea “R”, 24, was also seriously injured after being shot in the back. Both the woman and the baby were transferred immediately to a health center, where they are under medical care.

Witnesses to the incident told authorities that the attackers were two men riding a motorcycle who shot at the house without saying a word. Local authorities have launched an intense search to find those responsible for the crime.

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Carlos Narvaes, a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters with a degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), who has conducted school research on insecurity issues. I have completed diplomas in security, violence and quality of life, where I have learned about various theoretical perspectives and these are the topics that I like to work on and that have caught my attention the most. I began my career as a web reporter at DEBATE in 2018, working on topics in the police, political and viral content sections. I especially cover news related to Mexico City and the State of Mexico, I keep up to date with the conferences of the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum and I also follow distance agencies to stay up to date with the events. I have followed news such as the

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