This is the tragic moment a grandmother was executed during a bus robbery in Colombia.
A surveillance camera captured the dramatic turn of events Monday night inside bus as it traveled through the Caribbean coast city of Barranquilla.
The suspect, Marcos Andrés Fontalvo, appeared in the back of the bus threatening a passenger before he rushed to the front of the moving vehicle.
he 24-year-old subsequently turned towards the driver and had a quick exchange of words before he aimed his gun and shot Cielo Payares indiscriminately.
The Colombian National Police arrested Fontalvo at his home Tuesday at 1:30am after learning of his location by tracking a cellphone that he had stolen from one of the passengers.
According to Caracol Radio, Payares worked as a seamstress making face masks due to the high demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
ayares was on her way home after she stopped to pick up food and diapers for her great granddaughter, according to Stefany Fernández, her grand daughter.
'I called her and she said that she was already on her way,' Fernández said. 'She raised me when my mother died. She did not deserve this. She worked to get ahead.'
A police spokesperson said Fontalvo had a prior criminal history that included eight arrests for robbery and selling drugs.
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Im wondering if he accidentally pulled the trigger. Doesn't change my opinion of the asshole either way
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