Provisional detention without bail for three adults arrested in Granada over fatal Girona shooting
Sant Joan's Eve attack in northern Catalan city left two people dead and two others injured
Three adults arrested on Tuesday in Granada over the fatal shooting of two people in Girona in June have been sent to provisional detention without bail by Girona's Court No. 3.
As reported by the Catalan High Court (TSJC), the magistrate considers one of the arrested to be the perpetrator, one, a woman, to have instigated the crime, and the third to be an accomplice to the crime that took place in Girona's Font de la Pólvora neighborhood on Sant Joan's Eve.
A minor was also arrested, with the juvenile court ordering six months of closed and therapeutic internment.
Last week, two men who turned themselves in to police in Figueres were also sent to provisional detention without bail.
The judge leading the investigation has lifted reporting restrictions on the case.
Perpetrators hid with relatives
The perpetrators of the crime hid at the home of relatives and took measures to avoid being arrested, hampering the operation that ended with the arrests on Tuesday, police have said.
The 32-year-old man who allegedly fired the shots was arrested along with a 27-year-old woman considered to have instigated the crime, in Pinos Puente, Granada, Andalusia by Catalonia's Mossos d'Esquadra, in coordination with Spain's Civil Guard. The two are husband and wife.
Two more people – a 31-year-old man and a minor who are the brother-in-law and nephew of the alleged perpetrator – handed themselves in to police in Granada and were arrested.
Fatal shooting
On June 23, the night of Sant Joan, a man shot at several people who were celebrating in the Font de la Pólvora neighborhood, following an argument between two women.
One of those now arrested, armed with a Kalashnikov, opened fire. Another person involved also allegedly fired a handgun. As a result of the attack, two people, a 44-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man, died and two other people were seriously injured.
Those arrested were brought before the court on Thursday, with a strong police presence deployed outside to prevent disturbances.
Investigation
A few days after the shooting, law enforcement agents found the burnt-out car of the alleged perpetrator in Mont-ras, a municipality in the Baix Empordà county. They also discovered the weapon used, an AK-47 assault rifle.
A burnt-out car in the municipality of Mont-ras owned by the alleged perpetrator of a fatal shooting on June 23, 2024 in Girona / Gerard Vilà
The shooting triggered several violent attacks across Girona, and in other nearby municipalities, including Figueres' Sant Joan neighborhood, where properties linked to the alleged perpetrator were set on fire.
From July 26 to August 1, police arrested nine people, aged between 34 and 55, for their involvement in the attacks and for public disorder. Two of them were allegedly part of the incidents at Girona's Josep Trueta hospital on Sant Joan's Eve. Following the shooting, dozens of people attempted to enter the hospital and injured two law enforcement officers.