SAN DIEGO, CA. (THECOUNT) — Christopher Alexis Gomez, 17, a football player in his senior year at O’Farrell Charter High School in Encanto, and Juan Suarez-Ojeda, who graduated from Ingenuity Charter School in Encanto earlier this year, have been identified as the San Diego teenagers found brutally murdered in Tijuana, Mexico, last Sunday.
Three teens attending a “Black Friday” excursion to Ensenada, Mexico, were shot and killed execution-style in a triple homicide Sunday morning at a Tijuana apartment complex, according to family members.
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A third victim, an 18-year-old unidentified Tijuana man, was also killed during the grisly incident, according to Gomez’s cousin Katheryn Garcia.
A Tijuana police detective told Gomez’s family the three teens were tortured before they were shot Sunday, Garcia said.
The victims were Christopher Alexis Gomez, 17, a football player in his senior year at O’Farrell Charter High School in Encanto, and Juan Suarez-Ojeda, who graduated from Ingenuity Charter School in Encanto earlier this year. source
There was no motive or initial indication of what might have led up to the brutal killings.
Anyone with possible information on the case should contact police at 911 immediately.
Tijuana is a border city in Mexico, just south of California. Its bustling main street, Avenida Revolución, is lined with souvenir shops and lively bars. Landmarks include the neoclassical Jai Alai Frontón palace and Centro Cultural Tijuana, a modern cultural complex in the Zona Río district. Throughout town, stadiums stage lucha libre (wrestling) matches, while the nearby city of Rosarito fronts sandy beaches, according to wikipedia.