Gunman shoots business owner dead at close range outside company in Cartagena, Colombia.
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A gunman walked up to a 64-year-old business owner outside his company in Cartagena, Colombia, and shot him at close range in an attack captured on video on May 14, 2026. The victim, identified as Jesús Carrillo Olier, was taken to a hospital but died from his injuries hours later.
The shooting occurred at about 00:7:30 a.m. along Avenida Crisanto Luque. Reports differ slightly on the neighborhood designation, with the location described both as the entrance to Juan XXIII and as the nearby Paraguay sector around TCC. The attack took place outside a business associated with Carrillo.
Security footage records the gunman approaching Carrillo near a vehicle and opening fire from close range. The recording shows the shooter directing the gun at Carrillo and firing before leaving the immediate area. Published footage and images from the scene show the shooting itself directly, rather than only its aftermath.
Witness accounts provided to authorities said the shooter fled and was picked up by another person on a motorcycle.
Carrillo was still alive immediately after the attack. He was assisted and transported to a medical facility, where his condition later deteriorated. His death was confirmed after several hours of medical treatment.
Police initially reported that a 64-year-old man had been wounded by gunfire while standing in front of a commercial establishment. According to the police account, a man approached him and fired multiple times. Authorities classified the circumstances as a matter under investigation.
Carrillo was associated with the lumber business Estibas y Maderas and was also reported to be the owner of CDA Tecno Carrillo, an automotive inspection center in Cartagena.
The exact number and location of Carrillo's gunshot wounds were described differently in early accounts. One later report said he suffered a wound to an arm and another injury involving his head, while other coverage described multiple shots without providing a definitive medical breakdown. No publicly accessible autopsy report was located, so the article does not assign a final number of wounds beyond what can be established from the footage and police statements.
Police also disclosed information about Carrillo's previous entries in Colombia's accusatory criminal justice database. Authorities said he had been listed as a person under investigation in matters involving theft, threats, fraud, breach of trust, domestic violence, procedural fraud, falsification of a public document and computer-related theft.
Those entries were described by police as investigative records and should not be treated as proof that Carrillo had been convicted of those offenses. Authorities did not publicly establish that the records were connected to his killing.
No confirmed motive for the fatal shooting was announced in the reporting reviewed after the attack.
The killing also had a documented connection to an earlier tragedy involving Carrillo's family. His brother and business partner, José Carrillo Olier, 55, was shot and killed in August 2010 at another Maderas Carrillo location in Cartagena's El Líbano neighborhood.
The earlier homicide occurred inside the family's business at the corner of the fourth alley of El Líbano. At the time, police reportedly considered possible extortion or personal revenge among the investigative lines in José Carrillo's killing.
There is no verified evidence establishing that the 2010 homicide and the 2026 killing of Jesús Carrillo were connected. The similarities are limited to the fact that both brothers were business owners in Cartagena and both were killed in shootings.
The 2026 video provides the clearest evidence concerning the final seconds of the attack on Jesús Carrillo. It records a gunman approaching him near the business and shooting him from close range. The material does not establish who ordered the attack, whether the shooter had been paid, why Carrillo was targeted or whether his previous legal history had any relationship to the killing.
That distinction is particularly important because Colombian reports commonly describe this type of attack as a "sicariato," a term often associated with contract killings. The available evidence confirms a deliberate close-range shooting and a motorcycle escape, but no publicly verified evidence located in the case establishes who organized the killing or whether money was exchanged.
By May 18, four days after the shooting, authorities had not reported the arrest of the gunman. Subsequent publicly available coverage located through August 8 did not identify a suspect, announce a capture or establish a motive for Carrillo's killing.
The attack occurred during a particularly violent stretch in Cartagena. A later review of homicides in the city counted Carrillo among eight people killed over a six-day period. That broader sequence included several unrelated shootings in different areas of Cartagena.
Authorities did not publicly establish that those killings were connected to Carrillo's case.
The confirmed evidence in Carrillo's homicide therefore remains limited but clear on the central event: a gunman approached the businessman outside his workplace, shot him at close range in an attack captured on camera, escaped from the area with motorcycle assistance, and Carrillo later died at a hospital. No arrest or confirmed motive had been publicly reported in the latest case-specific update located.
News story written by DarkGore.
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