Member of Panama’s National Soccer Team Shot and Killed in Colon; 2nd in 6 Years

A man feeds pigeons on a street where Gilberto Hernandez, a member of Panama's national soccer team, was shot and killed in Colon, Panama, on Sept. 4, 2023. Arnulfo Franco/AP Photo

COLON, Panama—A member of Panama’s national soccer team was hanging out with friends in front of the building where his mother lives, when gunmen in a taxi opened fire, killing Gilberto Hernández and wounding seven others in the country’s violent port city of Colon, police and witnesses said Monday.

Mr. Hernández, a 26-year-old defender, was the second member of the national team killed in Colon in the past six years. Authorities on Monday announced the arrest of one suspect in Sunday’s killing.