Two environmentalists blocking a road in Panama during a protest about mining rights have been killed after an elderly driver attempting to get past the demonstration left his car and shot them at close range.
The shooting happened on a section of the Pan-American Highway, in the Chame district, about 55 miles west of the capital, Panama City.
In a video captured by news photographers who were covering the protest, the suspect, identified on local media as a 77-year-old man with joint Panamanian and American nationality, can apparently be seen walking towards the group of demonstrators and appearing to ask them to move.
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Was The Driver Arrested
They found out…
nvm i saw it on reddit
Well, he is old. He literally doesn't have time for this crap.
Don't protest in a public road and then this won't happen to you. Idiots
what an idiot now he well spend the rest of years in prison…for not using common sense…
Well. It’s not like we didn’t know this was going to happen at some point. The lack of self preservation on these ppl was jaw dropping. Guy pulls a gun out you’d better start running
nah but actually if you go over someone with a car that is on the road and not on the pedestrian crossing line, and your driving speed is legal are you still at fault?
All kinds of wrong with this video- Crazy dude pulls out a gun on idiots blocking the road, they foolishly decide to argue with the crazy gunman, the crazy gunman cowardly shoots them. He's completely at fault for this and it's sad that two people had their lives stolen, but you can't help but facepalm at the lack of self preservation on the side of the people there.
Old Man be like Carbon neutral now ain't ya
Dispatcher: "Sorry for the delay, but there is a traffic jam in that area"
The ambulance could have saved them… but someone was blocking the traffic so they couldn't reach them in time
Blocking roads is getting to be an "entitlement right" among protesters. I've been expecting this to begin happening, and I have to to say what did you expect.
Porqué no dispara pues? Nos va a tener que matar a todos. Well, you asked him to shoot, he shot.
This is sad, stupid and sad.
I saw nothing much in this video.
This is what happens when you allow children access to firarms
And the people who sent the protesters, laughing at them.
The protesters were egging him on and telling him to shoot them… not exactly the best strategy. To be fair, it was only the women taunting him to shoot them… women once again unaware of actual real consequences.
police in columbia can't afford handcuffs?
Play “stupid games”, win “stupid prizes”
Not guilty
This was inevitable, and this will happen again if people keep screwing with the everyday person..