Reminiscencias dance club shooting
| Reminiscencias dance club shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Date |
June 24, 2000 11:45 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass murder |
| Weapons | Uzi |
| Deaths | 11 |
Non-fatal injuries | 7 |
| Perpetrators |
Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez Henry Orozco Casas Julián Andrés Barbosa González |
The Reminiscencias dance club shooting was a mass murder that occurred in Bogotá, Colombia on June 24, 2000, when Juan de Jesús Lozano Velásquez, accompanied by his friends Henry Orozco Casas and Julián Andrés Barbosa, fired an Uzi machine gun at revelers at the Reminiscencias dance club, after a friend of him asked them for help in case of a possible fight. Velásquez killed eleven people, including Barbosa (by accident), wounded seven others, and then escaped with Orozco Casas, but was eventually arrested and sentenced to 40 years in prison.[1][2]
Victims
- Carlos Arturo Aristizábal, 34, owner of the bar
- Ricardo Javier Ariza Gil, 28
- Rafael María Avila Barrios, 53
- Julián Andrés Barbosa González, 22
- Juan Carlos Bedoya, 27
- Nelson Orlando Castro, 22
- Néstor Alberto Granada, 28
- Marta Liliana Londoño Castro, 32
- Consuelo Patricia Menjura, 41
- Javier Darío Moreno Millán, 35
- John Jairo Ospina, 24, nephew of Carlos Aristizábal
Those wounded were: Rodrigo Aristizábal, 39, Jhon Jairo Bedoya, 34, Camilo José Moreno, 22, Kelly Fernanda Ospina Orozco, 20, Oscar Iván Ospina, 19, Arley Pinzón, 29, Fabián Alberto Granada, 36.[3]
References
- ↑ Eleven killed in Bogota disco, BBC (June 24, 2000)
- ↑ La verdad de Reminiscencias, El Tiempo (July 30, 2000)
- ↑ Las víctimas de la taberna del San Jorge, El Tiempo (June 25, 2000)