Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, forcing authorities to close part of a highway, police said Tuesday.
Three of the victims were found dead inside a pickup truck in the east coast town of Ceiba, while the fourth was found on a sidewalk. The fifth victim died at a hospital while his wounds were being treated, police said.
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Police Chief Antonio Lopez told radio station WKAQ that one of the victims was a 16-year-old boy. He said the weapons were found in a pickup truck riddled with bullets and that the victims had just left a cockfighting facility in the nearby town of Naguabo.
Five people were killed in a drive-by shooting in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. (St. Petersburg)
The cause of the shooting late Monday was not immediately clear, but Lopez said authorities believe it was related to drug trafficking.
The island of 3.2 million people has reported at least 28 deaths so far this year, compared with 30 during the same period last year.
