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Three Hooded Gunmen Shoot 19-Year-Old Inside Callao Chifa, Victim Identified In Critical Care

Police probe a possible settling-of-accounts motive using security footage plus ballistic evidence.

Overview

  • The victim was identified as Alexander del Piero de la Cruz, 19, who was dining with three companions when the attackers opened fire.
  • The attack took place in the San Pablo II area at the intersection of Av. Santa Rosa and Cmdte. Pérez Salmón in the Santa Rosa district of Callao.
  • Officers from the Carmen de la Legua police station cordoned the restaurant, and criminalistics personnel recovered three bullet casings.
  • Investigators are analyzing the restaurant’s security cameras as they assess whether the shooting was an ajuste de cuentas.
  • Local reports also noted gunfire directed at a public transport bus near Curva La Esperanza the same night, with no confirmed connection to the chifa attack.