While dozens of children asked their parents for candy as part of the tradition HalloweenJefferson Alexander Gonzalez was killed in the middle of the street in front of his daughter.

A 29-year-old man was on a busy street in the municipality of Soacha, Colombia, when an unknown person approached him from behind, pointed a gun at him and After shooting him, he left him lying in the street.

According to surveillance video, the events took place shortly after 7:20 p.m. in the Ciudad de Quito area. Jefferson Alexander and his three year old daughterThey were crossing the street in front of a supermarket when a killer approached them.

Witnesses at the scene told local media that two men on a motorcycle remained parked in the area until they saw a man walking past with his daughter.

That’s when one of the suspects got off his motorcycle, approached Jefferson Alexander and shot him twice in the head. Once the man was on the floor and the girl was still in close range, the assailant shot him again.

The criminal quickly got on the motorcycle and He and his accomplice began to flee. in the Nuevo Che sector, and people in the area left the scene due to the risk of injury.

A woman at the scene helped a little girl who saw everything.

Jefferson’s relatives became known CityTV that for several months he had been working in Medellin and that he had returned to the municipality with the purpose of spending Halloween with his daughter, whom he had picked up at her grandparents’ house about 30 minutes before her murder.

Soacha Metropolitan Police Deputy Chief Colonel Edwin Orlando Correa said that an investigation has been launched Find out the whereabouts of those responsible for the crime that shocked the residents of the 2nd municipality.