A 66-year-old man stood between his son and death.
He was shot by a hitman, but his sacrifice allowed the young man to react, disarm the attacker, and with the help of neighbors, lynch him with blows, sticks, and stones.
The clock struck 4:20 in the afternoon when the El Bosque neighborhood, in the southwest of Barranquilla, was shaken by a scene of horror. An armed man arrived at 65C street with 9L avenue on a lethal mission: to kill a young man named Johnnys Alberto de la Hoz Gascón, known in the area as ‘Pan Viejo’. But the boy’s father, Jhonny De la Hoz Aguirre, 66 years old, did not allow it. He threw himself on the hitman in a desperate act to save his son… and paid with his life
