SAN JUAN (Reuters) -A North Carolina resident vacationing with his family in Puerto Rico was killed overnight in a robbery, leaving him stripped of the luxury jewelry he was wearing, police said on Friday.
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT
Noa Joshua Ameson, 38, was on vacation in Manati, to the west of capital San Juan. Police told Reuters the beachside neighborhood where the incident took place is usually quiet and robberies of this nature are uncommon, marking a rare outbreak of violence in the area.
CONTEXT
Ameson and his family were returning to the vacation home they were renting when armed, masked attackers intercepted them, Axel Valencia, spokesperson for the Puerto Rico police, told Reuters.
Valencia added that Ameson may have tried to fight back when one of the attackers shot him. He was taken to hospital, where he died.
WHAT’S NEXT
Police are working to obtain security footage and to identify a vehicle which the attackers may have escaped in, Valencia added.
(Reporting by Kylie Madry in Mexico City and Ricardo Arduengo in San Juan; Editing by Rod Nickel)
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