A member of Panama’s national soccer team has been killed after gunmen opened fire on a group of people gathered in the country’s violent port city of Colon.
A man feeds pigeons on a street where Gilberto Hernandez, a member of Panama's national soccer team, was shot and killed in Colon, Panama, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Hernndez was the second member of the national team killed in Colon in the past six years.
Police were positioned on a nearby corner at a church Monday afternoon. Early Monday, authorities arrested one suspect in a raid on an apartment complex in Colon. The suspect was not identified and no motive has been given. The province has historically suffered high unemployment and high levels of poverty. Residents say shootings like the one that killed Hernández have become routine.
Smith said that Monday morning there was another shooting near the site of the attack that killed Hernández. “It's a daily occurrence. You haven't even had your breakfast when you hear it,” he said of the neighborhood's gunfire.in Colon province. He was a member of Panama's national team, which qualified for the 2018 World Cup for the first time in its history.
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