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Five Youths Wounded in Shooting at Rosario Football Pitch

Doctors list the injuries as non-life-threatening.

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Varias de las víctimas de la balacera de Empalme Graneros fueron derivadas al Hospital Clemente Alvarez. 
El ataque ocurrió cerca de las 21.30 en una cancha ubicada en Barra al 1300 bis.

Overview

  • The gunfire broke out around 21:30 Tuesday on Barra 1300 bis in Empalme Graneros during a neighborhood match.
  • An unidentified attacker opened fire on the pitch and fled the scene, according to initial reports.
  • The victims are 16 to 23 years old with limb wounds and remain under observation at the Clemente Álvarez emergency hospital and Hospital Alberdi.
  • Gendarmería and the Santa Fe provincial police processed the scene and opened an investigation, and the shooter remains at large.
  • Authorities have not determined a motive or whether someone at the pitch was the intended target, and prosecutors ordered camera and ballistic analyses.