Shooting kills 8 revelers in Mexican coastal town
CULIACAN, Sinaloa (AP) – Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people, an official said Sunday.
A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were among the victims of the shooting Saturday night in Navolato, a Pacific coast town in Sinaloa state, said Martin Robles, a spokesman for the state prosecutor’s office. Another was the 20-year-old daughter of a local policeman.
Police had no information on a possible motive. Sinaloa, the cradle of at least two of Mexico’s main drug cartels, has long been a hotspot for gang violence.
Robles said the unknown assailants fired at the crowd with AK-47 rifles as they drove by the festive crowd. Four people were wounded. The seaside boulevard is a popular weekend gathering place for young people in Navolato, which is just outside of the Sinaloan capital of Culiacan.