Overview

• Heavily armed assailants arrived at the Nápoles nightclub around 1:15 a.m. in two pickup trucks and motorcycles and opened fire on patrons.
• Police recovered about 80 shell casings from 9 mm handguns and automatic rifles at the scene where attackers then fled.
• Seven victims were found at the club entrance and an eighth died later in hospital, including owner Jorge Urquizo, brother of Santa Lucía’s mayor.
• Authorities detained a man carrying a revolver near the site but have not determined whether he participated in the massacre.
• Investigators are probing whether the shooting was a targeted hit on the club owner or part of escalating clashes between criminal gangs.