New York man was killed in Portoresto while visiting the island to stay Bad Bani, the police say

A tourist from New York was shot early on Sunday during his visit to Puerto Rico Bad elegant residenceThe police said.

Police said in a statement that the victim, who was identified as Kevin Maris, who is 25 years old, was killed in Los Angeles Perla, a famous famous near Old San Juan.

The shooting of Predawn hours in a night spoon called “shelter for men who offended their treatment”.

The authorities said that Maris was shot on the left side of his stomach and was transferred to the largest general hospital in Portorico, where he died.

Sergeant killing laboratory. Arnaldo Ruiz told Associated Press in an interview on the phone that the shooting had occurred when many people began near Maris in the debate, one of them pulled a pistol and shot at least three people. Two other men living in Los Angeles Perla and remained in the hospital.

“We are still in the early stages to create a motivation for events. We cannot exclude anything until the interviews are completed,” according to the local media, according to what he said. New day.

Police sergeant said that Maris was from the innocent passers -by that was visiting Portorico with friends for a Bad Bunny 30 concert.

Ruiz added that Maris’s three friends were also from New York. He had no hometown.

La Perla is located on the outskirts of a common historical area for tourists known as the old San Juan. A few hundred people live in Shantytown, which once served as the largest distribution point in Puerto Rico for Hirin and was known for its violence.

The police used to avoid society, which had a sign of declaring, “not open to visitors. Don’t enter.”

But the violence eased when hundreds of federal agents raided the poor living in 2011 and arrested dozens of people, including a well -known community leader who was subsequently convicted.

Alive It became safer and more welcome After singer Portorico Louis Fonsi and Abi Yanky appeared in their success, “Depasito”.

But insulated violent incidents are still ongoing.

In February 2023, Three tourists stabbed After the police said someone told them to stop filming inside the community.

After that, in April 2024, a 24 -year -old tourist was killed by Delaweer and his body was injured in the shooting after the police said that he and a friend was attacked after the purchase of drugs. Police said the victims were trying to take pictures of La Perla after warning them against doing so.

An island of 3.2 million people has reported 277 killings so far this year, compared to 325 killings in the same period last year.