EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Merchants in the heart of downtown Juarez, Mexico, are expressing concern following a Tuesday shooting that prompted some to seek shelter.
One man inflicted gunshot wounds on another around 4:30 p.m. and the victim ran from the vicinity of the Plaza de Armas, or city square, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral to nearby street markets. A municipal police report obtained by Border Report shows a caller alerted police he witnessed a man bleeding profusely at the corner of Mariscal and La Paz.
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“I heard seven shots. I was tending to a client when it happened, but it was hard to tell where they were coming from because there was a lot of people,” one fruit vendor told Border Report news partner ProVideo.
Other merchants also expressed fear of being struck by stray bullets but declined to be interviewed on camera or give their names…