Reminiscencias dance club shooting
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The Reminiscencias dance club shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Bogotá, Colombia on June 24, 2000, when 26-year-old Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez, accompanied by his friends Henry Orozco Casas and Julián Andrés Barbosa, fired an Uzi machine gun at revelers at the Reminiscencias dance club, after a friend of his asked them for help in case of a possible fight after a young woman refused to dance with him earlier.[1] Velásquez fatally shot eleven individuals, including Barbosa (accidentally), and injured seven others before fleeing with Orozco Casas. He was later apprehended in Spain, extradited to Colombia, and sentenced to 40 years of imprisonment.[2][3]
Bogotá, Colombia
11:45 p.m.
| Reminiscencias dance club shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | 4.6166°N 74.1728°W Bogotá, Colombia |
| Date | June 24, 2000 11:45 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass murder, mass shooting |
| Weapons | Uzi |
| Deaths | 11 (including one of the perpetrators) |
| Injured | 7 |
| Perpetrator | Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez, Henry Orozco Casas, and Julián Andrés Barbosa |
| Convictions | Murder |
| Sentence | 40 years' imprisonment |
Victims
- Carlos Arturo Aristizábal, 34, owner of the bar
- Ricardo Javier Ariza Gil, 28
- Rafael María Avila Barrios, 53
- Julián Andrés Barbosa González, 22 (accomplice of Lozano Velásquez)
- Juan Carlos Bedoya, 27
- Nelson Orlando Castro, 22
- Néstor Alberto Granada, 28
- Marta Liliana Londoño Castro, 32
- Consuelo Patricia Menjura, 41
- Javier Darío Moreno Millán, 35
- John Jairo Ospina, 24, nephew of Carlos Aristizábal
Those wounded were: Rodrigo Aristizábal, 39, Jhon Jairo Bedoya, 34, Camilo José Moreno, 22, Kelly Fernanda Ospina Orozco, 20, Oscar Iván Ospina, 19, Arley Pinzón, 29, and Fabián Alberto Granada, 36.[4]