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Manhunt in Gómez Palacio After 14-Year-Old Is Killed Inside Bakery

Prosecutors have opened a homicide investigation into the shooting.

Overview

  • The victim, identified as José Sebastián “Chechito,” 14, had entered the downtown bakery to ask for work as a mandadero.
  • Authorities report that a man identified as Dante ordered two others to restrain the boy, produced a gun, fired multiple times and fled in a Silverado.
  • One of the men, Isaac, was also struck by the bullet, received treatment at Sanatorio San José and remains under Policía Investigadora del Delito custody pending presentation to the Ministerio Público.
  • The boy’s body was transferred to the Servicio Médico Forense for a legal autopsy as investigators compile the case file and search for the fugitive suspect.
  • Relatives say the teen had autism and contend the killing was not accidental, while neighbors and residents have voiced demands for justice.