Terrifying moment man shoots his neighbor nine times point-blank after heated argument in their front yard turns deadly
An argument between neighbors turned deadly after one man pulled out a gun and fatally shot the other man.
Surveillance footage shows two couples in Escazú, Costa Rica, getting into a heated argument that takes a dramatic turn.
Video of the incident, which took place on Monday, shows the couples shouting across their neighboring properties in the Río Palma condominium complex before the confrontation spills over into the front yard.
One of the neighbors, Otoniel Orozco Mendoza, escalated the verbal altercation into a physical altercation and threw punches at his neighbor Eduardo Ramírez Zamora.
In retaliation, Zamora pulled out his pistol and opened fire on Mendoza, firing at least nine shots at close range, killing him instantly.
A neighborly dispute in Costa Rica turned deadly after a man pulled a gun and shot the other man.
Video of the incident shows the couples shouting across their neighboring properties before the confrontation spills over into the front yard
The victim’s wife is seen screaming and running as the shots were fired as Zamora’s wife tried to pull him back to prevent her husband from continuing to fire his gun as they ran from the scene.
First responders pronounced Mendoza dead inside the building.
According to La Prensa, the dispute started over a shared water valve.
Zamora was arrested after the incident and will spend three months in preventive detention.
Relatives of the deceased told Costa Rican media that there had been conflicts between Zamora and Mendoza for some time.
“Before this man committed this atrocity, my sister had reported him many times and the authorities never did anything,” Dayli Avendaño, sister-in-law of the deceased, told media company CR Hoy.
Pictured: Otoniel Orozco Mendoza, 53, died after being shot nine times at close range by neighbor Eduardo Ramírez Zamora
Pictured: Eduardo Ramírez Zamora, who fatally shot Mendoza
Orozco’s sister-in-law said the aggressor spied on them every day to verbally fight with the now deceased and claims he even harassed the children of Nicaragua.
On the other hand, Zamora’s father said that the fighting between these two neighbors started months ago without specifying how many months ago and that the conflict started due to renovation work in Mendoza’s house and that on the day of the incident, Mendoza attacked Zamora’s wife. Zamora said he acted in self-defense.
Mendoza, 53, was a businessman originally from Nicaragua who worked in private security. He is survived by his wife, his daughter and his son.
