Jacó shooting leaves one woman dead and another injured

A violent shooting in Jacó, Garabito, Puntarenas, left one woman dead and another seriously injured during the early hours of Friday. The victim, identified as 32-year-old Daniela Seas Lazo, was driving a vehicle when a motorcyclist wearing a white hood approached the driver's side window and opened fire.

Seas Lazo sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the head, chest, arms, and legs, and was pronounced dead at the scene around 1:40 a.m. Her passenger, 29-year-old María José Lanzas, was also struck multiple times and was transported to the Jacó clinic in stable condition. A third woman traveling in the rear of the vehicle was not injured in the attack.

The Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) has collected ballistic evidence and is investigating the motive behind the attack. Authorities noted that Seas Lazo had no prior criminal record.