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One Killed in Apatzingán Shooting Near Municipal Water Offices

State prosecutors have opened an inquiry with no suspects or motive identified.

Overview

  • The attack occurred Friday afternoon on Francisco Vázquez Street in Colonia Independencia near the CAPAMA offices.
  • Witness accounts indicate armed assailants approached the victims, opened fire without warning, and fled.
  • Paramedics confirmed the death of Edgar Iván O., 48, who sustained gunshot wounds to the head at the scene.
  • A second man, Jesús Francisco R., 57, was not physically injured but was taken to a local hospital for a severe nervous crisis.
  • Police secured the area and turned it over to Fiscalía General del Estado specialists to carry out investigative procedures, with the motive still unknown.