Man (30s) killed in gangland shoot out at sports club on the Costa Del Sol
Calahonda from the cliff in backlight. Calahonda in the municipality of Motril, province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Calahonda is in the central part of the region of the Costa Granadina. Calahonda in September 2024.
A 'British' man has been killed in a Costa del Sol street shooting.
Police were last night hunting the killer, believed to have fled the crime scene in a getaway car later found torched nearby.
The murder happened around 8.15pm Monday evening in the popular British holiday resort of Calahonda between Marbella and Fuengirola.
The victim was already dead by the time police and paramedics reached the scene.
Locals told cops they had heard between eight and ten shots being fired. The incident has been described as a gunfight.
A Cupra vehicle with foreign number plates was found burned out nearby shortly afterwards. Insiders said weapons had been found inside.
Investigators are working on the theory it was the getaway car and was set on fire by the assassin and possible accomplices.
Police have not yet officially confirmed the nationality of the victim, partly because the post-mortem has not taken place.
But well-placed sources close to the ongoing investigation described him last night as British and said they were working on the basis he was a 30-year-old man from Liverpool.
The murder is being investigated by the Guardia Civil police force.
Last week a 34-year-old man was rushed to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella after being shot outside a nightclub in the famous Costa del Sol resort.
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The incident happened around 4.30am on Good Friday.
Witnesses said the suspect fled the scene in a getaway vehicle.
The victim was hospitalized after suffering a gunshot wound to the shoulder.
No arrests are yet believed to have taken place.
Well-placed sources close to the ongoing investigation said last night they believed the victim's killers waited for him to finish a game of football before targeting him.
The murder happened in a street called Don Jose de Orbaneja Street, where there is a well-known tennis and padel tennis club called Club del Sol as well as a neighbouring holiday resort called Finca Naundrup which has sports facilities.
Police put the area on lockdown after the shooting.
A Brit expat wrote on social media shortly after it happened, assuming it occurred at Club del Sol although police have not said yet exactly where in the street it happened: "Anyone know what happened at Club del Sol?
"Heard gunshot-like sounds then lots of police".
Another Brit answered: "Apparently a guy was shot seven times. Police lockdown."
A third Facebook user writing on a local expat site said: "It happened on the slip road down towards Finca Naundrup outside Club del Sol.
"My son was at the football pitch from 8pm when I dropped him off and is finally home now."
He added of the lockdown late yesterday evening: "No-one is allowed to leave there yet. Police still there."
A Scottish expat added: "I was playing padel at Finca Naundrup earlier. Glad I missed it." The car believed to have been used as a getaway vehicle is currently being analysed by police forensic experts.
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