Historic mobster and jewel thief: the man shot in the Eixample district
The victim, who was shot this Saturday night, is serving a sentence in an open prison regime.
Third incident of gun violence in downtown Barcelona in less than a month. Last night, a man was shot and wounded on Urgell Street in Barcelona, according to reports. Metropolis and the ARA has been able to confirm. Police sources detail that the events occurred around 11:30 p.m., when the Mossos d'Esquadra received a notice that there was an injured man, who had been shot while walking down the street in the Eixample. Upon arrival, the officers confirmed that the man had a gunshot wound and that the attacker had fled.
According to the ARA, the victim is Predrag Vujosevic – known as Marko–, the long-time leader of the Pink Panther gang, which specialized in jewelry store robberies. Vujosevic was arrested in 2021 for being part of the Skaljari Clan, a dangerous Montenegrin drug trafficking gang that attempted to distribute more than 400 kg of cocaine in the Canary Islands.
Vujosevic, who is serving a sentence in the Trinidad open prison (he only has to go to sleep), was shot very close to his home. Although his life was never in danger, the man required the intervention of the SEM (Security and Emergency Services) and was transferred to a hospital, where he is progressing favorably. The Mossos d'Esquadra (Spanish police) have opened an investigation to clarify the events; however, at this point they have no details on who the gunman is and why he shot Vujosevic.
Before being arrested four years ago, Marko He had already served a sentence in France for one of the robberies his gang carried out. In fact, The Pink Panther is credited with carrying out attacks on major jewelry stores in around fifteen countries, including four robberies in Barcelona a decade ago.
Three cases in less than a month
All this happened last night, just twenty days after A man was shot dead, also in the Eixample, but in broad daylight., inside the entrance of number 200 Consell de Cent Street. The Catalan police hypothesis is that the victim was linked to organized crime, since, as ARA learned, a weapon and two Croatian passports were found inside the apartment where the man had recently lived. For this reason, and due to the mannerhow the murder occurred –Shot in the back and in the doorway of the building where he lived - the Mossos d'Esquadra suspect that the case may be an execution within the scope of organized crime.
On another note, last weekend there was also an incident involving firearms, again in the Eixample district. On Sunday, shortly after midnight, witnesses called the emergency line saying that They had heard some noises that could be taken outThe calls came from Sicilia Street, around the intersection with Diagonal. When the Mossos d'Esquadra arrived, they found bullet casings at the scene. Witnesses report that there had been an exchange of gunfire linked to a business. One person opened fire and then fled.