Puerto Rico police are investigating the shooting death of a 36-year-old man found in his home in Barranquitas in the early hours of Saturday, November 7. A 9-1-1 call alerted authorities to a suspicious situation at the residence on PR-772, kilometer 0.7, in the Las Villas sector of Barranca neighborhood, according to a police statement.
Officers arriving at the scene found the body of Víctor Manuel Rodríguez Rodríguez, who had bullet wounds, on a sofa on the balcony of his home. The circumstances of the killing are unknown, police said. Agents from the Homicide Division of the Criminal Investigations Corps (CIC) in Aibonito, working with the on-duty prosecutor, are handling the investigation.
Rodríguez Rodríguez had a criminal record on charges of manufacturing and distribution under Puerto Rico’s Controlled Substances Act.