Two infants, one his own son, left fighting for their lives
En la madrugada del lunes, en El Ejido, una localidad del cinturón agrícola almeriense, un joven de 25 años disparó contra sus propios padres y cuatro personas más, matando a la pareja e hiriendo gravemente a dos bebés. La violencia, que irrumpió en un barrio residencial poco antes de la medianoche, pone de manifiesto cómo la tragedia doméstica puede desbordar sus límites y alcanzar a los más inocentes. Cinco horas después del primer disparo, el hombre fue detenido sin resistencia, dejando a una comunidad entera tratando de comprender lo incomprensible.
- Dos personas mueren acribilladas dentro de su propio vehículo; son los padres del agresor, un hombre de 25 años que huye a pie en la oscuridad.
- Entre los cuatro heridos hay dos bebés —uno de siete meses, hijo del propio sospechoso, y una niña de 21 meses sin vínculo familiar con él— ambos ingresados en estado crítico en la UCI pediátrica.
- La Guardia Civil despliega un operativo de cinco horas con unidades de seguridad, investigación y respuesta rápida que peina el barrio de El Canalillo hasta localizar al fugitivo.
- El sospechoso se entrega sin oponer resistencia alrededor de las cuatro de la madrugada, pero las preguntas más urgentes quedan abiertas: cómo obtuvo el arma sin licencia y qué estado mental lo llevó hasta aquí.
- La investigación apunta a violencia doméstica y posibles trastornos de salud mental, mientras el Poniente almeriense intenta asimilar una ruptura que nadie en sus calles agrícolas esperaba.
Una noche de lunes se convirtió en tragedia para El Ejido cuando, poco después de las once de la noche, varios vecinos alertaron a emergencias de disparos en la zona residencial de El Canalillo, cerca de Balanegra. Al llegar, agentes y sanitarios encontraron a dos personas muertas dentro de un vehículo: un matrimonio, los padres del agresor. El autor había huido, y su paradero era desconocido.
Lo que siguió fue un operativo coordinado de la Guardia Civil que movilizó equipos de seguridad, investigación y respuesta rápida durante cinco horas. Alrededor de las cuatro de la madrugada, el sospechoso —un joven de 25 años— fue localizado en las inmediaciones del lugar y se entregó sin resistencia.
Más allá de los dos fallecidos, el ataque dejó cuatro heridos. Los casos más graves son los de dos bebés ingresados en la UCI pediátrica del Hospital Materno Infantil Princesa Leonor: un niño de siete meses, hijo del propio sospechoso, y una niña de 21 meses sin relación familiar con él. Ambos permanecían en estado crítico mientras los investigadores reconstruían los hechos.
Las primeras pesquisas apuntan a que el hombre actuó solo y que la violencia doméstica pudo ser el detonante. También se investiga si padece algún trastorno de salud mental. Una incógnita central persiste: cómo obtuvo el arma, ya que el sospechoso carecía de licencia para portarla. El Poniente almeriense, tierra de agricultura y rutina, trata ahora de entender cómo una fractura familiar pudo alcanzar a dos niños que nada tenían que ver con ella.
A shooting in the early hours of Monday night has left a small municipality in southern Spain reeling. In El Ejido, a town in Almería's western agricultural belt, a 25-year-old man opened fire on his parents and four others, killing the couple and leaving two infants fighting for their lives in a pediatric intensive care unit. By Tuesday morning, the man had turned himself in to local police, ending a five-hour manhunt that mobilized Civil Guard units across the residential area known as El Canalillo, near the neighborhood of Balanegra.
The violence erupted just after 11 p.m. when emergency dispatchers received multiple reports of gunfire near a residential zone. When officers and paramedics arrived, they found two people dead inside a vehicle, their bodies bearing bullet wounds. The victims were a married couple—the suspect's parents. The scene was chaotic; the shooter had fled the area, and authorities had no immediate fix on his location or identity.
What followed was a coordinated search involving Civil Guard security units, investigative teams, rapid response officers, and local police. The operation fanned out across the neighborhood where the shooting had occurred. Around 4 a.m., roughly five hours after the initial gunfire, officers located and arrested the man in the vicinity of the crime scene. He offered no resistance.
Beyond the two dead parents, four other people sustained injuries in the attack. Two of them—both very young children—were admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit at Princesa Leonor Maternal and Child Hospital. One was a seven-month-old boy, the suspect's own infant son. The other was a 21-month-old girl with no apparent family connection to the shooter. Both remained in critical condition as investigators began piecing together what had happened.
Early findings suggest the man acted alone and that domestic violence may have been a factor in the attack. Investigators are also exploring whether he suffers from a mental health condition that could help explain the violence. One significant question remains unresolved: how he obtained the firearm. The suspect held no legal license to carry weapons, and authorities are working to determine where the pistol or shotgun came from and whether it was registered or obtained illegally.
The shooting has shaken the Poniente region, the agricultural heartland of Almería province. For the residents of El Ejido, a town accustomed to the rhythms of farming and commerce, the violence represents a rupture—a family tragedy that spilled outward and caught innocent bystanders, including two infants, in its path. As the investigation deepens, questions about the man's mental state, the origins of the weapon, and the precise circumstances that led to the attack will likely dominate the coming weeks.
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The investigation suggests the young man acted alone and that the incident may be connected to a domestic violence situation— Civil Guard investigators
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What made this shooting different from other family violence cases?
The scale of it, partly. He didn't stop after his parents. Four other people were hit, including two babies. That's the part that's shaken people—the randomness of who got hurt.
Do we know if those other four were in the house, or were they outside?
The source doesn't say exactly where they were when they were shot. We know two infants ended up in the pediatric ICU, but their proximity to the shooter in those moments isn't clear.
The fact that he turned himself in—does that suggest remorse, or just that he knew he couldn't run?
That's what investigators will be trying to understand. Turning yourself in can mean many things. It could be remorse, it could be exhaustion, it could be part of a mental health crisis. The mention of possible mental illness suggests they're looking at this as something beyond a calculated act.
How does a man with no weapons license get a gun in Spain?
That's one of the central questions now. Spain has strict gun laws, so an unlicensed firearm is either stolen, black market, or hidden from authorities. The fact that he had access to one despite no legal right to own one is a significant gap in the picture.
The two infants—his own son and an unrelated child. Why would an unrelated child be there?
We don't know the relationship. Could have been a neighbor, a friend's child, someone visiting. The fact that she was there and got caught in the crossfire adds another layer of tragedy to an already incomprehensible act.