Pregnant woman and her baby die after being shot last night in Ciales

The pregnant woman who was injured by a fire during the shooting that killed her partner in Ciales yesterday died, as did her baby, police confirmed.

Agent Wanda Vázquez Cabrera of Arecibo District said The new day that Dr. María Lozada, who treated the young woman at Río Piedras Medical Center, certified the death of Joanmarie Lozada Rivera, 23, at 10:15 p.m.

According to the official, Lozada Rivera, who was six months pregnant, underwent a caesarean section to save her baby, but the baby later died at 11:05.

The woman had been wounded by a gunshot during a shooting in the Hato Viejo neighborhood, La Grama district, PR-149, in Ciales, according to police.

According to authorities, a call alerted the 9-1-1 emergency system to on-site detonations, so officers went to the scene.

Upon arrival, the troops found the scene Héctor Elías Molina Colón, 22 years old, inside a white Suzuki XL7 car from 2003. The man’s body had several gunshot wounds that killed him instantly.

Police consider the classification of the crime as a triple crime and reported that the number of violent deaths so far this year is 132, about eight less than last year so far.