
A 12-year-old boy was killed after he was hit by a stray bullet while at a Cancun beach with his family on Sunday afternoon, authorities in Mexico said.
Local Mexican newspaper Riviera Maya News reported two men arrived at the beach on a jet ski and began shooting at another group of people over a drug sales dispute, and that the boy was not the intended target. The newspaper cited the State Attorney General’s Office of Mexico.
The young boy, who was a Mexican resident, was rushed to a local hospital where he later died.
Another local Mexican newspaper, El Universal, reported that the deadly shooting happened near Hotel Riu Cancun, which is located right in the popular resort city’s hotel zone. The boy and his family were not guests of…