Gunmen open fire in Mexico massacring five people
- 2 years ago
Two men and two women who were celebrating a birthday were massacred and another person was wounded by gunmen at a Denny's in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez.
Surveillance video footage showed the two suspects firing at several customers, including one who got struck by a bullet on the right shoulder, as they fled towards the exit.
One of the assassins then walked over to the booth where the four victims were sitting and fired multiple shots at a woman who was next to a man who had been previously shot.
He then turned over to a man slumped against the table after being struck by the gunfire and shot him again in the head - causing the man to fall on the floor.
Others, who could not escape, fell to the ground and cowered under their tables. Two people who were sitting on the table next to the victims were seen holding hands and shaking in fear as they kept their heads down.
One of the victims of the mass shooting was identified as Fabiola Luna, a well-known hair stylist, who was celebrating her 30th birthday.
The others were identified as Alan Martínez; Manuel González; and Judith Rivas.
The wounded customer was identified as Edgar. The 35-year-old man's condition is unknown.
The Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office for the North Zone District said it is waiting for him to recover before interviewing him.
A worker at the diner-style restaurant told El Diario de Juárez newspaper that a group of waiters had approached Luna's table and sang 'Las Mañanitas' (The Little Mornings), a traditional Mexican birthday song, before the gunmen unleased the attack.
'It was packed, there were a lot of children, the parents rushed them out however they could,' another employee said.
'It was terrible, we heard about 10 shots, and then we all threw ourselves on the floor,' a witness identified as Mario N told the newspaper, adding that many customers had fled to the bathroom.
Family members of the victims were seen crying and collapsing on the ground with emotion after the shooting.
Luna's murder comes weeks after her boyfriend was also shot dead in Mexico.
"The one who shared my dreams ... He no longer lives here, wings grew in his soul & he took flight & he has never come back here," she wrote on a Facebook post in which she share a photo of him May 18. "So many things died that afternoon, that I have nothing left to live for ... He was my life."
Authorities have not said if both of the shootings are related.
Luna had been previously arrested along with three other men for possession of a firearm during a traffic stop for speeding in Ciudad Juárez on January 30, 2014.
Surveillance video footage showed the two suspects firing at several customers, including one who got struck by a bullet on the right shoulder, as they fled towards the exit.
One of the assassins then walked over to the booth where the four victims were sitting and fired multiple shots at a woman who was next to a man who had been previously shot.
He then turned over to a man slumped against the table after being struck by the gunfire and shot him again in the head - causing the man to fall on the floor.
Others, who could not escape, fell to the ground and cowered under their tables. Two people who were sitting on the table next to the victims were seen holding hands and shaking in fear as they kept their heads down.
One of the victims of the mass shooting was identified as Fabiola Luna, a well-known hair stylist, who was celebrating her 30th birthday.
The others were identified as Alan Martínez; Manuel González; and Judith Rivas.
The wounded customer was identified as Edgar. The 35-year-old man's condition is unknown.
The Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office for the North Zone District said it is waiting for him to recover before interviewing him.
A worker at the diner-style restaurant told El Diario de Juárez newspaper that a group of waiters had approached Luna's table and sang 'Las Mañanitas' (The Little Mornings), a traditional Mexican birthday song, before the gunmen unleased the attack.
'It was packed, there were a lot of children, the parents rushed them out however they could,' another employee said.
'It was terrible, we heard about 10 shots, and then we all threw ourselves on the floor,' a witness identified as Mario N told the newspaper, adding that many customers had fled to the bathroom.
Family members of the victims were seen crying and collapsing on the ground with emotion after the shooting.
Luna's murder comes weeks after her boyfriend was also shot dead in Mexico.
"The one who shared my dreams ... He no longer lives here, wings grew in his soul & he took flight & he has never come back here," she wrote on a Facebook post in which she share a photo of him May 18. "So many things died that afternoon, that I have nothing left to live for ... He was my life."
Authorities have not said if both of the shootings are related.
Luna had been previously arrested along with three other men for possession of a firearm during a traffic stop for speeding in Ciudad Juárez on January 30, 2014.