17-year-old student wounded in shooting attack on vehicle in San Martín

A 17-year-old student sustained a gunshot wound to the chest on Thursday morning in San Martín, Panama, after assailants opened fire on the vehicle she occupied with her family. The incident took place in Rana de Oro, within the Pedregal corregimiento.

According to Sub-commissioner Valerio Hernández of the 15th Don Bosco Police Zone, police received reports of multiple gunshots around 6:45 a.m. The young woman and her relatives were reportedly waiting inside the car for another family member when two individuals emerged from nearby brush and fired repeatedly at the vehicle.

The injured teenager was initially taken to the J.J. Vallarino Polyclinic before being transferred to Santo Tomás Hospital for treatment of her right-side chest wound. Following the attack, the perpetrators fled back into the wooded area from which they appeared.

National Police are conducting an operation in the sector to apprehend the suspects, while the Public Ministry has launched an investigation to determine the motive behind the shooting. Hernández stated that one of the hypotheses being considered is whether the adolescent was the intended target, though he emphasized that this will be clarified through the ongoing investigation.

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It is probable, but that corresponds to the investigations that the Public Ministry will carry out.