A 42-year-old man was injured this Sunday afternoon in the course of a fight that occurred in the La Mina neighborhood, sources from the Mossos have confirmed, which have opened an investigation to clarify the causes of this event. The police have tightened security to prevent reprisals.

The man, whose life is not in danger, according to the same sources, has been transferred by his relatives to the hospital del Mar, where he remains hospitalized, from the Rambla de Camarón where the shooting took place.

According to the images released by the neighbors, two individuals went to the place with high-end vehicles and got into a fight, one of them pulled out a gun and shot his attacker in the leg. Shortly after, one of them fled at full speed with a yellow sports car despite the fact that one of the neighbors tried to stop him by climbing on the hood.

Neighbors of the Sant Andrià del Besòs Mine neighborhood, on the border with Barcelona, ​​have indicated that they heard shots at the time of the fight, so the Catalan police do not rule out that there was a shooting in the area for reasons that At the moment they are being investigated, but they could be related to a settling of scores between clans for sentimental reasons.

On Twitter, the acting mayor of Sant Adrià, Filo Cañete (PSC), has condemned the attack and has asked “to articulate new forces of public order and citizen security by the Mossos d’Esquadra to avoid this type of incident” .