Overview

• The 23-year-old, identified as S. M., was remanded to provisional, communicated custody without bail by Valencia’s Juzgado de Instrucción nº9.
• The case will pass to Juzgado nº2 de Catarroja, which will decide on further measures once it assumes the instruction.
• Prosecutors allege attempted homicide and illegal weapons possession, while the defense says he disarmed the attacker and plans to appeal.
• Guardia Civil investigators performed a gunshot-residue (paraffin) test on the detainee, with results pending.
• A shotgun recovered at his Alfafar residence was reported stolen, the 33-year-old victim remains hospitalized, and the alleged gunman, Pedro 'el Mejicano', is still at large with links to other recent shootings.