Four homicides in Montevideo on a single Tuesday, three in under two hours
Four people were murdered in Montevideo on the same day. Three of the crimes occurred between 20:10 and 21:56 in Villa Española, Colón and Piedras Blancas.
Four dead in one night: Montevideo records day of high violence
Four homicides occurred in Montevideo during Tuesday, according to sanjoseahora.com.uy citing Telenoche. Three of them were concentrated within a period of less than two hours, between 20:10 and 21:56, in the neighbourhoods of Villa Española, Colón and Piedras Blancas.
The first occurred at 20:10 in Villa Española: a man received multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and was transported in a private vehicle to Pasteur Hospital, where his death was confirmed.
At 21:14, in Colón, an 18-year-old youth was shot in the head inside a makeshift dwelling. A family member stated they had heard four gunshots and seen a man dressed in dark clothes drive away on a black motorcycle.
The third homicide of the night was recorded at 21:56 in Piedras Blancas, where a 27-year-old woman died from multiple bullet wounds.
During the afternoon of the same day, a 36-year-old man was stabbed to death in the Cerro neighbourhood. The Police are examining a vehicle that could have been used in that crime.
The four cases are being investigated by the Homicides unit of Montevideo Police.
Source: Google News UY — Montevideo