{"id":289978,"date":"2023-09-04T19:37:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=289978"},"modified":"2023-09-04T19:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T19:37:59","slug":"panama-soccer-player-gilberto-hernandez-shot-dead-at-age-of-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/panama-soccer-player-gilberto-hernandez-shot-dead-at-age-of-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama soccer player Gilberto Hernandez shot dead at age of 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Panama soccer player Gilberto Hernandez shot dead at age of 26 after gunmen opened fire in the city of Colon, injuring seven others<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seven others were injured in the attack that killed Gilberto Hernandez at 26<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He played twice for Panama and one game was against Lionel Messi&#8217;s Argentina<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panama international defender Gilberto Hernandez has been shot dead at the age of 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Panama football league confirmed the news in a statement. The incident happened in the city of Colon but it is unclear if Hernandez was the target of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Seven others were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez played twice for his country and one appearance came in the 2-0 loss to Argentina, where Lionel Messi\u00a0scored, in March of this year. It was Argentina&#8217;s first game in front of home fans since winning the World Cup in Qatar last year.<\/p>\n<p>The player&#8217;s stricken father has urged the youth of Colon &#8216;to stop the violence&#8217; and called on the authorities to &#8216;launch projects to save the youth from this violence&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/04\/20\/75052161-12479913-image-a-15_1693854643954.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Panama international defender Gilberto Hernandez has been shot dead at age 26<\/p>\n<p>He was also quoted by the BBC\u00a0as urging his son&#8217;s killers to hand themselves in. According to The Guardian, there has been one arrest so far by police.<\/p>\n<p>The Panama federation also issued a statement, saying it &#8216;regrets the sad passing of Gilberto Hernandez.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;[We] extend condolences to his family and loved ones, as well as to the entire CAI and Panamanian football family.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez played for Panamanian team Independiente at the time of his death.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2017, another Panama player &#8211; Amilcar Henriquez &#8211; was shot and killed in Colon.<\/p>\n<p>Henriquez had played 85 times for his country and was an active part of the team trying to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12479913\/Panama-soccer-player-Gilberto-Hernandez-shot-dead-age-26.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panama soccer player Gilberto Hernandez shot dead at age of 26 after gunmen opened fire in the city of Colon, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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