Overview
- Late Friday night unknown gunmen entered Bar El Quijote on Avenida Virrey de Mendoza in the Las Fuentes neighborhood and opened fire, according to emergency calls and police reports.
- Paramedics confirmed five people dead — four men and one woman — and several others were wounded and taken to hospitals for treatment.
- Municipal, state and federal forces including the Army, Guardia Nacional and Guardia Civil secured the area while ministerial police and forensic specialists processed the scene.
- The Fiscalía General del Estado opened an investigation and ordered the victims' bodies moved to the state forensic medicine service (Semefo); no suspects or motive have been reported.
- Early casualty counts varied as medical teams arrived, identities of the victims remain unreleased and authorities continue to collect evidence and witness testimony to clarify what happened.