A 69-year-old man suffered an injury to his left arm after a 45-year-old neighbor allegedly attacked him with a cutting shovel used in construction work, in an incident reported Wednesday in Maunabo. According to preliminary Police Bureau information, the assault was reported at about 11:23 AM in the Parcelas Nuevas sector of the Palo Seco neighborhood, while the victim was doing construction work.
The complainant alleged that the neighbor approached him, struck him with the tool, and threatened to kill him. Family members took the victim to the Maunabo Diagnostic and Treatment Center, where a physician diagnosed a possible fracture in his left arm. Officer Erika O. Figueroa Vázquez, of the Maunabo district, conducted the preliminary investigation and referred the case to the Criminal Investigations Corps of Humacao.
Agent Luis E. Navas Marín, of the Technical Services Division, took photographs and seized the shovel as evidence.