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A surveillance video captured a singer’s last moments alive as he waited to enter a venue in Colombia before a gunman shot him dead.
The victim could be seen checking his smart phone while two men stood behind him going through their own phones across the street from the establishment in the Bogotá on Wednesday night.
The singer put his phone away and made a hand gesture at the suspect as he walked to the venue’s entrance.
The shooter then pulled out a gun from his waistband and walked up to the singer and shot him multiple times as bystanders fled the scene.
A local singer (circled) was shot dead moments before he walked up to the venue he was set to perform in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday night. The killer (bottom right) has been identified, the Bogotá Metropolitan Police said
Security camera in Bogotá, Colombia, captured the killer leaning over the singer and continuing to fire before fleeing
He momentarily stood over the singer and appeared to fire another shot and took off running while firing several shots in the air.
The Bogotá Metropolitan Police did not reveal the name or age of the singer, who was known for interpreting vallenato – folk music – songs at local venues in the Colombian capital city.
However, police mayor Rúben Pérez told City TV that investigators were successful in discovering the identities of the shooter and two accomplices.
'We have fully identified those who committed the crime,' Pérez said.
'They are three citizens and one of them is the one who shot him. Work has been carried out that will most likely be successful.'
The murder comes as authorities have struggled to contain a wave of killings that will most likely surpass the figures from 2023, according to data released by the Bogotá Metropolitan Police.
Bogotá police mayor Rúben Pérez told City TV that investigators have been able to identify at least three people linked to the Wednesday night's murder of a local singer
Authorities in the Colombian capital, Bogotá, are searching for a gunman and two accomplices who were involved in the murder of a local singer who interpreted folk music at neighborhood establishments
At least 732 homicides had been registered through the first eight months of 2024. In comparison, 697 murders were reported in the same period last year.
Data shows that 46 percent of the killings have been carried out by hired assassins.
Suspects used guns, knives or machetes to commit 50 percent of the murders.
The Bogotá Security Ministry found that 40 percent of the victims had been involved with organized crime, drug trafficking, extortion, were members of criminal groups or were previously convicted.
To combat crime, the Bogotá Metropolitan Police has increased police patrols in at least 60 areas, including Santa Ana, where the singer was executed.
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