A surveillance video captured the horrific second a person was executed whereas ingesting at a bar in Bogotá, the capital metropolis of Colombia.
Within the footage, the 27-year-old may be seen sitting with two males round 11:16 pm Saturday night time within the Kennedy neighborhood.
A buyer walks into the bar and is adopted by the assailant, who smacks him and shoots the sufferer thrice behind the pinnacle.
The horrified prospects might barely transfer from their seats within the small bar because the gunman escaped and the sufferer was left slumped over the desk.
Bogotá police commander Julio Botero informed reporters that the sufferer’s homicide could have been brought on by a settling of accounts.
A 27-year-old man (prime proper), who was launched from jail three months in the past, was at a bar in Bogotá, Colombia with two associates when a gunman walked inside and shot him lifeless
Bogotá police mentioned the lethal taking pictures could have been brought on by a feud that the 27-year-old sufferer had with rivals
Botero added that he had been launched from jail three months in the past.
The sufferer had a protracted rap sheet that included arrests for unlawful possession of a gun and drug trafficking.
Bogotá authorities had not made any arrests as of Wednesday afternoon.
Crime stats present that 354 homicides have been registered within the first 4 months of 2024.
As compared, 349 murders have been reported throughout the identical interval final 12 months. Authorities logged 305 killings over the primary 4 months of 2022.
April has been the deadliest month this 12 months, with 111 murders reported, a rise of 11 % from March.
The gunman adopted a buyer (white hat) into the bar and hit him within the head earlier than he opened hearth on the 27-year-old sufferer and fled
Not less than half of the killings between January and April have been carried out by employed assassins.
Councilwoman Diana Diagó mentioned the administration of Mayor Carlos F. Galán has executed nothing to curb the violence.
‘Insecurity is a headache for Bogota residents,’ she mentioned.
‘And with the change of presidency there isn’t a enchancment, now we have been on this administration for nearly 6 months and we proceed with out seeing a transparent outlook for safety.’
