A man was shot dead on Saturday night on Unión street in Villa Palmeras, in the Barrio Obrero sector of Santurce, Puerto Rico, police reported. Officers were alerted around 11:57 PM to a violent death after a 9-1-1 call reported gunshots in the area. When they arrived, officers found a person lying on the pavement with bullet wounds and no vital signs.
The victim, who has not been identified, was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, Black, weighing approximately 140 pounds, with brown curly hair, a mustache, and a tattoo. Police said shell casings of different calibers were collected at the scene. Agent Marlybeth Ñeco Padilla, of the Homicide Division of the Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC) of San Juan, took charge of the investigation alongside prosecutor Barbara Pérez.