2019 Río Piedras shooting
On October 14, 2019, six people were killed during a shootout between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
| 2019 Río Piedras shooting | |
|---|---|
Río Piedras | |
| Location | Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 18.410307°N 66.0269325°W |
| Date | October 14, 2019 c. 7:00 p.m. (EST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 6 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Unknown |
| Motive | Unknown |
The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in 2 deaths. News reports were of earlier shootings in other areas, one in Cayey resulting in 3 deaths and another in a gas station that resulted in 3 deaths. The first in this series of massacres was 3 people in Ciales on June 10. More than 1000 bullet shells were recovered from the scene.
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