[TheCruxofBag]

I've not yet been able to fully ascertain the exact story of this incident. Getting a verifiable backstory from cases in Mexico can be frustratingly difficult. Multiple sources report different stories, often in contradiction with each other.

Most English-language sources reported four dead, but I believe this includes a victim who died in a different hospital later on (although I could be wrong). The backstory below might be inaccurate, so I would appreciate corrections.

In a private hospital in Culiacán, capital of Mexico's Sinaloa state, a shootout left four people dead, including a doctor, and an elusive Sinaloa Cartel boss known as "El R22".

There are different versions of what exactly happened. One of them is that two armed people showed up to pay the medical bill of a patient, O.S. who had been admitted days before with a gunshot wound to the head, which generated confusion with doctors at the clinic. According to another version, the two men had entered the hospital in the intent of killing the wounded patient.

What is definite is that the resulting shootout killed a doctor, O.E.M. (first pic), who was the father of two children.

In the corridors of the medical facility, the bodies of two of the hitmen - J.A. and E.I.R.M. - were left behind. E. was a shadowy regional boss of the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS), better known by the pseudonym "El R22". Very little information is known about him, but he apparently commanded great respect, and a wreath in the name of former prominent drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was sent to his funeral.

As for O.S., he was reportedly sent to the nearby general hospital after the shootout, where he tried to steal a firearm from his police guard. In the resultant struggle, O. was shot in the abdomen, killing him.

[Trucked up]

No better place to get shot than a hospital, if it's not a fatal shot.

[fred5079]

Now that's what I call a real blood transfusion in a hospital

[docfr8]

Sad for the doctor and his family..

the rest of the piles of shit can eat a dick

[gimlet]

Originally Posted by docfr8 ↗

Sad for the doctor and his family..

the rest of the piles of shit can eat a dick

I know, don't shoot the fuckin' doctors, you and I may need them if we shoot a man in Memphis, TN and need to go to Mexico to be free, ain't no hangman, he ain't gonna get me...

[iARTEMx]

Nice Colt 1911. I have one like this

[MacchieDiSangue]

Apparently R22 was erroneously rubbed out by his own sicario, who then killed himself. That’s what I read in the news anyway. Great story.

[rohmell]

That hospital didn't seem to be very hospitable.

[Necrotic Bowel]

Six motherfucking screens and I STILL can’t see what the fuck is going on. MOTHERFUCKER

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

I think the appropriate terminology for this type of incident is, clusterfuck.