dominicantoday - 17 hours ago

Puerto Plata— An eight-year-old boy remains in critical condition in the children s ward of the Ricardo Limardo Hospital after being seriously injured. At the same time, a friend who was with him died after being shot in the head during a shootout between two rival gangs on Wednesday night, allegedly over control of drug sales in the Playa Oeste neighborhood of this city. The fatality from the confrontation was 13-year-old Emmanuel David Valdés Peña. The injured boy is eight-year-old Gael Monegro de la Cruz, a resident of First Street in the neighborhood above. The children were playing in front of their homes when they were struck by bullets fired by those responsible for this act of violence. Monegro de la Cruz has gunshot wounds on his left side, with entry through [ ]

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