The tragic killing of a man in front of his 11-year-old daughter who was shot in the head

In Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon, A 45-year-old man was shot and killed while riding a van with his 11-year-old daughter., who was shot in the head.

Father and daughter had left a reception room, located at the junction of Perimetral Norte and De Las Flores, in the district of Mission, at approximately 12 o'clock on Monday, 25 February.

They are mounted in their vehicle – a Renault Duster red truck with RYW-794-A plates and they left.

When they were about to leave the parking lot, A tall man wearing a ski mask, who was traveling in another car, approached the truck to try to strip him of the vehicle.. The father resisted and the attacker opened fire on him.

The attacker escaped before the authorities arrived at the scene. When security and emergency forces arrived in the parking lot of the theater, the man, identified as Oscar Arturo Rangel Galindo, had already died.

The youngest of 11, Yareli Anahí, was shot in the head by one of his father's bullets. She was transferred to a private car at a local clinic where they stated that her injury was not serious and was therefore released.

Meanwhile, the municipal police, the National Investigation Agency and the civilian police conduct the corresponding investigations to find the attacker.

Until the moment, the authorities did not indicate whether the identity of the perpetrator was known and his comings and goings.

This is not the first time that a minor is injured in a confrontation. 20 days ago, in the same state, a 16-year-old boy died from gunshot wounds to his chest and head.. On this occasion, the attack was direct, but the authorities did not reveal the motive.

In the municipality of Santa Catarina There were 268 crimes in January, according to statistics from the Attorney General's Office. Of these 7 were homicides and 15 badaults that injured the victims. Last year, in the same month, 262 crimes were reported.

Nuevo Leon is going through a security crisis since last year, who had not lived since the war against the drug trade of former President Felipe Calderón.