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Police Find Shot Body of Driver Fined an Hour Earlier

Published Oct 11, 2026, 8:24 AM ASTvia Primera Hora

At a glance

  • Geovanni Manuel Marrero Hernández, 36, was found shot dead in a parked vehicle in Toa Alta
  • He had been fined for a traffic violation about an hour before his body was found
  • Prosecutor Johana Rosa joined the investigation led by Agent Yomaira Rodríguez Avilés

Police found the shot body of Geovanni Manuel Marrero Hernández, 36, a resident of Corozal, inside a parked white Dodge Durango on the emergency lane of PR-142 in Toa Alta’s Marzán neighborhood at around 3:00 AM on Sunday. Marrero Hernández had been fined an hour earlier for a traffic violation. Sergeant Carlos Pagán, assigned to the Preventive Unit of the Toa Alta Zone, had stopped to check on the vehicle’s occupant and found the driver with multiple gunshot wounds.

Marrero Hernández was on record for domestic violence. Prosecutor Johana Rosa joined the investigation, led by Agent Yomaira Rodríguez Avilés of the Homicide Division. The case’s disposition is unknown.

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