Singer El Taiger Found With Gunshot Wound to the Head in Miami

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Cuban Reggaeton vocalist El Taiger, whose existent sanction is José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar, was taken to a infirmary successful Miami aft helium was found with a gunshot coiled to his head, authorities say. 

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El Taiger is successful captious condition. 

The Cuban Reggaeton singer—whose existent sanction is José Manuel Carbajal Zaldívar—was brought to Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital connected Oct. 3 to acquisition country for a gunshot wound, infirmary officials confirmed with section outlet NBC6.

Miami Police Spokesperson Mike Vega told Telemundo 51 that police recovered an unresponsive antheral with a gunshot coiled to his forehead successful the backmost of an SUV adjacent to the hospital. Evidence suggested the shooting did not instrumentality spot successful the car, arsenic determination were nary traces of blood. 

As Vega noted, “We cognize determination was a batch of humor wrong the SUV. He was successful the back, and officers had to unfastened the backmost of the SUV to get him out.”

“Our officers are investigating due to the fact that we judge this did not hap successful the metropolis of Miami,” helium continued. “We are definite it did not hap connected that country wherever the car was found. This happened determination else, idiosyncratic drove it there, near it and near connected foot.”

Authorities reportedly besides recovered 2 gallons of gasoline successful the SUV’s trunk. Per Telemundo 51, citing authorities, constabulary are inactive investigating the motive of the shooting and person interviewed a idiosyncratic of interest. 

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El Taiger’s lawyer Greg Chonillo added to Telemundo 51 that “there is immoderate grounds that whitethorn suggest that determination was different idiosyncratic who was with him."

The outlet besides notes that reports from Jackson Memorial Hospital enactment El Taiger is inactive live pursuing his surgery, but that helium remains successful captious condition. 

E! News has reached retired to section instrumentality enforcement arsenic good arsenic El Taiger’s rep but did not person comment.

Following the quality of the fashionable singer’s injury, a fig of his peers person spoken retired expressing their disbelief. 

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“I'm watching a batch of news,” singer Jacob Forever wrote connected Instagram Oct. 3. “I telephone the skinny feline and helium doesn't reply maine and conscionable to deliberation that it's existent that you're superior successful a infirmary that breaks my heart.”

He continued, “I just inquire God that you get retired of immoderate happening that happened and we'll spot each different again and maine you grin similar the past clip one saw you and hug maine similar that my brother.”

Similarly, six-time Latin Grammy winner Alexander Delgado Hernandez wrote, alongside a photograph of himself and El Taiger, “I cognize God is going to springiness you a accidental to get good and again with us. Stay beardown due to the fact that you are a warrior! I'm waiting for you here, don't fto maine down!”

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