Overview
- Authorities identified the victim as Pablo Yumanaqué Yalta, killed inside a business that housed both his barbershop and a liquor store on Hermanos Vargas street.
- He was aided and transported toward Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia but died in transit from his wounds.
- His assistant sustained multiple gunshot wounds, remains hospitalized in critical condition, and has not been publicly identified.
- Police report that armed assailants entered the premises and opened fire, and criminalistics specialists confirmed at least seven shots as officers secured the scene.
- Investigators have not established the number of attackers, their getaway method, or a motive and are reviewing the co-located liquor business; relatives reported no prior threats, and local media noted a separate fatal attack minutes earlier in the district.