Overview
- Kevin Mares, 25, was struck by a stray bullet at the Shelter for Mistreated Men club in La Perla during the predawn hours of August 10 and later died at Puerto Rico’s largest public hospital.
- Two La Perla residents were wounded in the same incident and remain hospitalized.
- Authorities are interviewing bystanders and following sparse leads as they seek to identify the shooter and establish a motive.
- Mares had traveled with three friends to attend one of Bad Bunny’s 30 residency concerts in San Juan, which have drawn tens of thousands of visitors since July.
- His family has appealed for information, is pressing for justice and is arranging to repatriate his remains to New York.