Overview

• Police said the attackers were hitmen who targeted people on the stage during the late‑night performance in Chorrillos.
• Four band members — Luis Quiroga Querevalú, Manuel Quiroga Querevalú, keyboardist César More, and host Wilson Ruíz Julca — were reported out of danger, and a beverage vendor was discharged from hospital.
• Forensic teams from Dirincri documented about 25 shots and 23 impacts on the stage screen as preliminary tests proceed under prosecutorial direction.
• Prosecutors opened preliminary proceedings for attempted homicide and ordered ballistic and biological analyses at the crime scene.
• The Interior Ministry said organizers lacked permits and failed to notify district police, and authorities have not tied the attack to extortion even as official complaints rose from 2,396 in 2023 to 15,336 in 2024 and industry leaders urge an emergency plan.