Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Man kills grandmother, wife and children hurt


It was in Las Charcas, Santiago, and say murderer was on drugs

Written by: ARROYO AND PEDRO JIMENEZ AQUINO de el nacional.com.do

Allegedly under the influence of drugs, a man shot and killed early this morning his grandmother 90 years, injured his wife and two children.

The incident occurred at the home of the family, the community of Las Charcas, Santiago.

The police identified the grandmother as Octavia Maria Reyes Martinez.

The perpetrator is Edwin Victoria Armando Nunez (Elvin), 34, who also wounded his wife Iceland Vargas Diaz, 27, and children of both Herileidi Victoria Vargas, 13, and Victoria Edwin Vargas, 7 .

Reyes Martinez's body was sent to the Forensic Pathology Institute.

The killer was arrested by police while walking in a street near the house where the crime was committed.

This morning, Mrs. Vargas Diaz was in the hospital José María Cabral y Báez, while their children underwent surgery at the Medical Center Dr. Arturo Grullon, shot in the neck and chest, respectively.

A sister of the perpetrator, who identified herself as Victoria Kalenny Núñez, told police that his brother is addicted to drugs and violent behavior has always been. "

He told his brother came home at 1:00 am and started arguing with his wife Iceland who fired twice. Then he went down to the first level of the house where he shot his grandmother and her two children.

According to the Public Relations Office of the Police, the incident occurred at 2:30 this morning.

Police said they found the house a Smith and Wesson pistol, seven 9mm shells, a knife, and a portion of a plant that could be marijuana.

The gun was registered in Interior and Police in the name of Jesus Sobeida Olga Reyes Rodríguez.

Neighbors said the killer used to beat his family when he did drugs.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Wyclef Jean in danger of death




The celebrated musician Wyclef Jean was in hiding for several days in Port au Prince, Haiti, because he was receiving death threats. The hip hop musician aspires to be President of Haiti, but still his candidacy and 30 other politicians have not been accepted by the electoral tribunal.

The hip hop musician Wyclef Jean said he was hiding because he received death threats as he and more than 30 potential candidates for the presidency of Haiti await authorization to participate in the elections.

Threats reported in a series of emails to the AP, which revealed few details. Jean said that he was ordered out of Haiti and is hidden in a secret location in the Caribbean country.

The musician, born in Haiti, said he did not know if the nation's electoral commission, known as CEP, approve his candidacy, but there have been questions about whether it meets the residency requirements to contest the November election.

"We hope the decision of the CEP, but the laws of the Haitian Constitution must be respected," said one of several emails