
SONORA (LALATE) – UPDATE. The shooting death of Sergio Vega El Shaka is resulting in conflicting reports. El Shaka’s “asesinado”, “muerte al cantante grupero” reads Mexican news Sunday, while friends like Jenni Rivera have taken to Twitter to remember El Shaka. Rivera tweets Sunday “Siento mucho la muerte del ´Shaka´.”
As of 3 PM Sunday, memorials are being planned to remember El Shaka while the hunt for his murderers is underway.
Above is believed the first death photo of El Shaka. Initial reports before sunrise Sunday said that Vega was shot north of toll booth. By early morning, those reports were revised, with investigators claiming that El Shaka was ambushed inside the toll booth. But now late Sunday new reports claim Sergio Vega suffered a series of fatal gun shots while driving, approaching the toll booth, resulting in his vehicle crashing off the road.
Moreover, earlier today, one report Sunday said Vega took thirty bullets near the San Miguel toll booth. Late today, investigators are claiming to have found four 9 mm caliber shell gun casings on the driver’s door.
Additionally, one report said that the Vega was “chased” in his vehicle before being shot. Yet most reports confirm that to be incorrect. Sergio Vega is said to have died instantly from the shooting, his vehicle crashing 30 meters off the highway. El Shaka is said to have taken at least one bullet to the throat region, one to the head and through the left eye.
Vegas was on the US Mexican highway heading for Alhuey in Angostura. His companion in the vehicle, a translator assistant, has been identified as Montiel Ávila. Avila was not seriously injured.
Singer Diana Reyes remembered El Shaka with the following statement Sunday. “Today my heart has feelings. We was a great artist and look forward to great success. How sad. RIP Sergio Vega. No one deserves death, God rest his glory. ”
Other famed singers who have died in murders this decade include Valentin Elizalde “El Gallo de Oro” (November 25, 2006, Reynosa, Tamaulipas); Sergio Gomez, K-Paz de la Sierra (December 3, 2007); and Zayda Pena (Matamoros, Tamaulipas).
Memorials for Vega are planned in Ciudad Obregon, while Banda La Carbonera is considering a tribute concert.
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