Christmas Wednesday began in the worst way for Uruguayan football after knowing the death of Geral Froste, goalkeeper of the lower divisions of Montevideo City Torquewho was murdered in the early morning (after 1:30 in the morning) during a fight in the Plácido Ellauri neighborhood, after toasting the holidays.
According to the Uruguayan site El País, the police of the 17th Section of Montevideo reported the homicide of a 14-year-old boy, injured by a firearm. The tragedy would have occurred during the early morning, in a neighbors fight that led to a dispute with gunshots that hit Geral’s thorax and abdomen.
Once Froste was wounded, his grandfather loaded him into a vehicle and took them to the Captain Tula Polyclinic, in Piedra Blanca, where his death was confirmed.
The mother of the deceased boy was interviewed to give more information about what happened and said: “There was a disorder between neighbors on the corner, when they came to separate the parties, gunshots were heard and that is when Geral was injured. The shooter is a neighbor“.
Furthermore, at the time of the capture of the murderer, some people they started a fire to avoid being detained, and according to Montevideo Portal, the man, who already He had six criminal recordsadmitted to being the culprit.
As the minutes passed with the public news, condolences and greetings from the Uruguayan clubs did not take long to arrive. Among them, the account of the youth team of the National Team, even acquaintances of the boy, teammates, leaders and players.
This was not the only tragedy of the Christmas morning in Uruguay, because there were two more cases: a few meters from the incident involving the boy from the citizen team, A 41-year-old man was shot and is in serious condition.and it is being investigated that they are not linked cases. The other was from a 19-year-old boy, who was killed by the blow of a knife in his head while he was with another friend.
On the official account of the institution, the sad news was announced with the message: “We deeply regret the death of Geral Froste, goalkeeper of the club’s Under 14 team. We accompany his family, friends and colleagues in this moment of sadness for all of us. Goodbye, Geral.”