Overview
- A licensed lawyer, Helenn Silva Padilla, was shot inside the Pikeitos restobar in the San Martín de Porres population center and later died after being taken to Hospital Tomás Lafora.
- Surveillance footage shows an assailant wearing a motorcycle helmet who approached from the street and fired a shot to the victim’s head at close range.
- The attacker escaped on a motorcycle with a second person and the direction of their flight remains unknown.
- Local police secured the scene, collected ballistic evidence and casings, and are reviewing nearby security-camera images to identify the perpetrators.
- The homicide has been assigned to Depincri Pacasmayo to determine motive and identify suspects, a development that intensifies local concerns about violent crime in La Libertad.