Overview
- The shooting in Mirones Bajo on Monday left 28-year-old driver José Javier Mances Rondón hospitalized after his combi was chased and fired on, and his one-year-old son received a grazing wound to the hand.
- Witnesses and preliminary reports say occupants of a car with tinted windows followed the combi and opened fire, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a parked vehicle.
- Emergency crews took the driver to Hospital Daniel Alcides Carrión and treated the infant at the scene, with both reported alive and receiving medical attention.
- Police cordoned the intersection of jirones Crespo and Castillo with Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza, and criminalistics teams recovered shell casings as part of an ongoing investigation; no suspects or motive have been confirmed.
- Prosecutors’ data show this attack fits a pattern: the Ministerio Público logged 214 attacks on public transport in Lima and Callao from August 2024 to May 2026, a trend that leaves informal route drivers and their families at heightened risk and could prompt further law enforcement action.