A settling of scores could be behind the latest shooting that took place this Saturday in Marbella and left a gunshot wound, according to the main hypothesis with which the National Police investigators are working, who are keeping an investigation open to clarify the cause. event.

The wounded man, a 34-year-old Albanian citizen who was shot at least twice, had to be transferred to the Costa del Sol hospital and from there to a hospital in the capital, although his state of health has not been revealed. .

The shooting, which took place after 9:30 p.m. this Saturday in Guadalmina Baja, is the sixth incident with a firearm that has occurred on the Costa del Sol so far this year, the fifth in Marbella.

According to some witnesses, the two men involved in the events were sitting on the terrace of a bar in a shopping center in this exclusive residential area of ??Marbella, they began to argue and in the middle of the argument one of them shot the other.

The previous shooting occurred on April 5 in Mijas (Málaga), when two individuals fired several shots from a car at a store in the Las Lagunas neighborhood, but did not cause any injuries.

The day before and just 30 kilometers away, a 21-year-old young man was wounded by a gunshot in a shootout between two vehicles in Nueva Andalucía, a neighborhood of Marbella near Puerto Banús and Guadalmina.

This incident occurs the same week that the National Police has launched its ‘Marbella Plan’, which involves a reinforcement of troops to combat organized crime and common crime in this city, which will remain active until October and entails a increase in the number of agents who will provide regular service.