2019 Río Piedras shooting
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Location18°24′37″N 66°01′37″W / 18.410307°N 66.0269325°W
Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
DateOctober 14, 2019
c. 7:00 p.m. (EST)
c. 7:00 p.m. (EST)
Attack type
Mass shooting, shootoutDeaths6
| 2019 Río Piedras shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | 18°24′37″N 66°01′37″W / 18.410307°N 66.0269325°W Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Date | October 14, 2019 c. 7:00 p.m. (EST) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, shootout |
| Deaths | 6 |
| Injured | 0 |
| Perpetrator | Unknown |
| Motive | Unknown |
On October 14, 2019, six people were killed during a shootout between drug gangs in a gun battle at the Ernesto Ramos Antonini de Río Piedras residential apartments in the Río Piedras area of San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1][2][3]
The shooting led to alarm partly because it followed an earlier shooting in the same area that resulted in two deaths.[4] News reports were of earlier shootings in other areas, one in Cayey resulting in three deaths[5] and another in a gas station that resulted in three deaths.[6] The first in this series of massacres was three people in Ciales on June 10.[6] More than 1000 bullet shells were recovered from the scene.[7]