Horror footage shows how a dad was shot dead by an alleged hitman in front of his terror-stricken wife and kids.
A CCTV camera caught the horror as it unfolded at a restaurant on Wednesday (31 Jul) afternoon.
The footage shows how the family were waiting for their lunch when a masked gunman darted towards them.
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As he ran past their table, he fired three bullets into taxi driver, Walter Román Salazar’s head at point-blank range.
Román, 35, was engrossed in his phone at the time and didn’t even have time to realise what was going on.
The dad slumped in his chair with blood gushing down his top as his wife and kids screamed in terror.
Heartbreakingly, Román’s eight-year-old daughter could be seen hugging her brother, aged three, to console him.
Local media say the masked gunman fled the ceviche restaurant in Ancón, north of Lima, Peru, on the back of a motorcycle.
The police don’t know where they fled to, but are trying to locate them, as reported by Need To Know.
Román’s stunned family insisted he had never been threatened and didn’t have any problems with anyone.
But local media say he had entries for theft with aggravating factors and assault on his criminal record.
The police believe the taxi driver’s killing could be related to a settling of scores.
The investigation continues.
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