Alex Trelinski
A MAN collecting a debt in the Benidorm area was shot three times at a beachside apartment complex on Wednesday.
The incident happened around 12.30pm at the Torres beach urbanisation in nearby Villajoyosa.
The gunman fled in a car with the Guardia Civil still trying to find him.
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The wounded victim, 53, suffered two shots in the back and another in a hand.
He was taken to the Marina Baixa Hospital but the injuries were not to life-threatening, with reports that he was going to be transferred to a hospital in the Elche area, where he lives.
A dozen people appeared at the entrance to the Marina Baixa ER and several police officers were deployed to stop any incidents.
Details of what exactly happened at the urbanisation are scant as the Guardia Civil’s investigation is covered under a secrecy order.
No identities or even nationalities have been revealed.
It is believed that several members of a family who buy and sell cars drove 60 kilometres from Elche to Villajoyosa to collect a debt.
An altercation broke out with another family who owed them the money and gunshots were fired.
Authorities launched a sweep of the Villajoyosa area and surrounding towns to locate the shooter, as well as trying to prevent further incidents between the two families.
A group of neighbours using a local bar told the Informacion newspaper they knew the suspect who had lived with his family in the apartment ‘for some time’.
