A man was shot in Barcelona's Eixample district.

Third incident involving firearms in downtown Barcelona in less than a month. Last night, a man was injured by a gunshot 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 call that a man had been injured and had been shot while walking down the street in the Eixample district. Upon arrival, officers confirmed that the man had a gunshot wound and that the attacker had fled.

Although the victim's life was not in danger, he did require the intervention of the SEM (Emergency Medical Service) and was transferred to a hospital. The Mossos d'Esquadra have opened an investigation to clarify the events, but at this point they have no indication of who the attacker could be or the motives for the attack.

Three cases in less than a month

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.