{"id":337210,"date":"2026-05-19T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=337210"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:28:44","slug":"gunman-kills-two-and-injures-4-including-baby-at-spanish-resort-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/gunman-kills-two-and-injures-4-including-baby-at-spanish-resort-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman \u2018kills two and injures 4 including baby\u2019 at Spanish resort | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n\t\t\t<\/div>
The shooting unfolded in Almerimar, on Costa de Almeira (Picture: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two people have died, and 4, including two children, were left seriously injured in a shooting near a well-liked Spanish coastal resort.<\/p>\n

The victims include a seven-month-old baby, who has been taken to a hospital intensive care unit.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred late last night in El Canalillo, between Balanegra and El Ejido, within the southeast province of Almeria.<\/p>\n

The realm is near Almerimar, a well-liked tourist destination on the Costa de Almeria, which is thought for its sandy beaches and features one in all Andalucia\u2019s largest marinas.<\/p>\n

The newborn is alleged to be in \u2018very serious\u2019 condition at Torrecardenas University Hospital, the principal public hospital in Almeria, after being shot twice.<\/p>\n

The opposite minor injured, also receiving treatment in the identical intensive care unit, is known to be an 18-month-old toddler.<\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t\tEnroll for all of the newest stories\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n

Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

\n
\n\t\t\"Spanish\t<\/div>
The young baby is believed to be related to the gunman (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 60-year-old Moroccan man was also seriously injured after he was shot in the top, in response to Lavoz del Sur.<\/p>\n

Local reports say the youngsters\u2019s mum was also injured and has been taken to a different hospital, Poniente University Hospital in El Ejido.<\/p>\n

The gunman \u2013 believed to be related to among the victims, including the infant \u2013 was still on the run this morning.<\/p>\n

Local media reports that the 2 casualties are believed to be the gunman\u2019s parents, though this has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Police were called at 11.15 pm last night and sent members of the Civil Guard\u2019s elite Rapid Response Group.<\/p>\n

After initially leaving the scene, a 25-year-old man turned himself in to the police this morning and has been taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation. <\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: Teen trashes memorial to boys killed in crash because one \u2018stole his girl\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: \u2018I used to be blinded in an acid attack in a case of mistaken identity \u2013 I live with it day-after-day\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrow<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg>MORE: Two teenage girls \u2018raped on Great Yarmouth beach\u2019 sparking manhunt for suspect<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tComment now<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg><\/span>
\n\t\t\tComments<\/span>
\n\t\t<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title>\n<\/use><\/svg><\/span>
\n\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<\/span>
\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n
\n
\n

Breaking News<\/h4>\n

Never miss the largest stories with breaking news alerts in your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The shooting unfolded in Almerimar, on Costa de Almeira (Picture: Shutterstock) Two people have died, and 4, including two children, were left seriously injured in a shooting near a well-liked Spanish coastal resort. The victims include a seven-month-old baby, who has been taken to a hospital intensive care unit. The incident occurred late last night […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":337211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[722,23962,3942,17925,2389,395,17844,12845,813],"class_list":["post-337210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-baby","tag-gunman","tag-including","tag-injures","tag-kills","tag-news","tag-resort","tag-spanish","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337210"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337213,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337210\/revisions\/337213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}