Overview

• Kevin Mares, 25, was shot in the left abdomen inside Refugio para Hombres Maltratados during an early-morning altercation and later died at Puerto Rico’s largest public hospital.
• Two La Perla residents were also wounded in the same incident and remain hospitalized.
• No suspect description or motive has been released, and authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward.
• Mares’s family has opened a GoFundMe campaign to cover repatriation and funeral expenses as they await the return of his body to New York.
• He had traveled from New York with friends to attend a Bad Bunny concert, underscoring ongoing safety concerns in a neighborhood still grappling with episodic violence.