5 people killed after shooting at public housing complex in Puerto Rico – National

At the least 5 individuals had been shot to demise Sunday night time at a public housing complicated in Puerto Rico, authorities stated.

Police spokesman Axel Valencia informed The Related Press that the deaths occurred locally of Caimito in San Juan, capital of the U.S. territory. He stated the group was shot exterior the Villa Esperanza housing complicated.

Valencia stated that police had not but recognized the victims and that it wasn’t instantly clear why they had been focused.

Nobody had been arrested.

Final month, police reported that two males had been discovered fatally shot inside an overturned automobile on the similar public housing complicated.

At the least 235 individuals have been reported killed within the island of three.2 million to this point this 12 months, in contrast with 234 throughout the identical interval of final 12 months.