Puerto Rico: 11-y-o boy, uncle killed in drive-by shooting
Published:Tuesday | December 18, 2012 | 9:23 AM
(AP) —An 11-year-old boy and his uncle have been killed in a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico.
Police said that Christian Nieves Adams was shot in the head and died immediately, while 34-year-old Erick Adams Ramos died while being treated at a hospital.
No one has been arrested.
Police said the shooting occurred late Monday in the San Juan neighborhood of Cupey and could be drug-related.
There have been 931 reported killings this year, compared to 1,098 in the same period last year.
The island of nearly four million people reported a record 1,117 killings in 2011.
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