Israel Narváez Velázquez, a 56-year-old man from Río Piedras, was identified as the victim of a shooting in Santurce. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning on Monserrate Street, where authorities found the body after receiving reports of gunfire at 2:43 a.m. Fiscal Jessica I.
Correa González ordered the transfer of the body to the Institute of Forensic Sciences for autopsy. According to the Police press office, the victim had a prior record of a domestic violence case in 2024, but the disposition of the case is unknown. The motive for the crime is still under investigation by the Homicide Division of the CIC in San Juan.
So far this year, 242 homicides have been reported, 24 more than at the same time in 2025.