| 2017 Lima shooting | |
|---|---|
 Eduardo Glicerio Romero Naupay arriving outside the Royal Plaza, the main site where the events took place. | |
| Location | Independencia/San Martín de Porres and Los Olivos, Lima, Peru |
| Date | February 17–18, 2017 10:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. (EDT) |
| Target | Security forces, then civilians |
Attack type | Spree shooting |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 6 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 9 |
| Perpetrators | Eduardo Romero Naupay[1] |
| Motive | Eviction from the perpetrator's hawker stall |
The 2017 Lima shooting (Spanish: Tiroteo de Lima de 2017) was a mass shooting that began on February 17 and ended on February 18, 2017 at the Royal Plaza shopping center, located in a disputed area[2] between the districts of Independencia and San Martín de Porres, and to a lesser extent in a sector of the district of Los Olivos, in northern Lima, Peru.[3] As a result of the event, 5 people lost their lives and 9 were injured.
The perpetrator of the shooting was identified by the police as Eduardo Glicerio Romero Naupay, a 32-year-old man born in the city of Huánuco. Romero had previously served in the Peruvian Navy, where he obtained a license to bear arms. During the shooting, he was killed by Lorenzo Machaca Esquía, a 29-year-old non-commissioned officer who was in civilian clothes at the time of the shooting.[4] It is believed that the motive for the attack was the eviction of his mobile stand selling salchipapas and hamburgers, which had happened the day before because he was in a restricted area and did not have a license to operate as a vendor.[5][6]
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- ^ "Independencia: sujeto mató a 4 y fue abatido en Royal Plaza". El Comercio. 2017-02-18.
- ^ ""Solo evité que más gente inocente muera", afirma policía héroe". La República. 2017-02-21.
- ^ "Balacera en Independencia: aumenta a 5 el número de muertos". La República. 2017-02-18. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19.
- ^ "Cinco muertos y 9 heridos dejó balacera en Centro Empresarial y Financiero Multicentro de Independencia". Perú 21. 2017-02-17. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19.