A 22-year-old man was attacked by bullets near the Chabacano metro

Apart from Metro Vulgar, on line 2, a 22-year-old man was attacked by bullets. The event happened on Calzada Saint Anthony Abbot, and there were at least two bullets he received in the left leg at knee height. The alleged attackers reportedly fled on a motorbike.

Witnesses say gunshots were heard and they could see that the perpetrators of the attack were men who then fled on motorbikes.

The event provoked a strong mobilization of the police authorities of the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC). After the attack, a patrol arrived on the scene and transported the injured from the vicinity of the public transport system (CTS) to a hospital.

Some people said they heard the detonations from inside the service of the public transport system (STC) (Photo: GlobeLiveMedia México / Jovani Pérez)
Some people said they heard the detonations from inside the service of the public transport system (STC) (Photo: GlobeLiveMedia México / Jovani Pérez)

It was past 4 p.m. when the man, identified as Gerson Joshua, was attacked with a gun. Five detonations were heard and three shell casings were found at the scene, according to some witnesses present at the scene.

The authorities assisted the victim while waiting for an ambulance to take him to the corresponding hospital. The attacker put a tourniquet on his left knee so as not to lose blood. It is reported as stable. The boy was wearing a dark red T-shirt, sneakers and jeans.

According to social networks, there were three attackers of the boy. The patrol that picked up the victim has license plates MX-061-H5. The event happened at La Colonia Obrera.

Given the situation, the train Metro I wait a moment for its progress, which causes a slight delay.

The National Guard is present in the Mexico City metro.
The National Guard is present in the Mexico City metro.

Inside the station Subway Sticky Gunshots were also heard, as reported by people traveling on the bus on social media. A Twitter user wrote: “I have never heard gunshots so clearly. The day passes at its daily and sudden rhythm in the Chabacano metro which is ringing. Other voices confirm it: yes, these are bullets”.

And he added: “Nobody flinched, there is no cry or fear. The only thing expressed is the wish that the train will soon move on and that we continue in this daily cream in which no one is surprised by that clear and definitive sound”.

Similarly, one tweeter wrote, “Guys on motorbikes fired shots outside Chabacano Metro towards Tasqueña.”

Others Internet users They said that they were in the area of ​​the turnstiles of this station, and that indeed, no one had been afraid when they heard the shots, and that they limited themselves to running and hiding. on the orders of the police officers who were there. .

It was reported that the young man was taken to the General Hospital of Balbuena, located at 11 south without number, Colonia Aeronáutica Militar, in the town hall of Venustiano Carranza. And that he was taken on board the police patrol in the absence of an ambulance which never came to help the young man.

The engine of the attack has not yet been reported, but it is believed to have been an attempted assault.

The head of the CDMX government reported that high impact crimes have been reduced under his administration (Cuartoscuro)
The head of the CDMX government reported that high impact crimes have been reduced under his administration (Cuartoscuro)

In his latest report, the head of the government of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaumreported that in the nation’s capital, high-impact crime was reduced by 54%, with those occurring inside subway stations representing a noticeable decrease.

Similarly, the population has regained some confidence in the police.

Currently, the National Guard of Mexico has a presence within the Public Transport System in the face of recent setbacks inside the metro.

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