Walter Pérez, as he was better known, had an electromechanical workshop on the spot where he was murdered; He was also a skating instructor in the mayor’s office of Zacatecoluca and in El Cafetalón, Santa Tecla.
Walter was the last resort auto repair shops had when they couldn’t find a solution to an electronic problem in a vehicle, his relatives assured as they waited this afternoon for the Institute of Legal Medicine to deliver the remains to them to be veiled and buried.
José Walter Ulises Pérez Aguilar was an electronic engineer, according to his relatives, and had his workshop in the same house where he lived, on Santa Cecilia Street in the Santa Anita neighborhood, south of San Salvador, where he was born last Thursday at 5 p.m. was riddled with bullets by persons riding motorcycles.
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Relatives of the victim told El Diario de Hoy that they could not find an explanation for Walter’s murder, although some media claim he was murdered for defending another person from attack, but the relatives are not sure, although they that are not. They throw him away because “he was one of those people who didn’t hesitate to help him when he looked at someone in danger or trouble,” said a family member.
Pasaje Santa Cecilia, Santa Anita neighborhood, where José Walter Ulises Pérez Aguilar was murdered the previous Thursday. Photo Cotesía
According to sources, they made themselves at Walter’s home on Christmas Eve. Suddenly he left the house when they heard several explosions.
Until today, relatives thought they were missiles, until a neighbor ran to tell them Walter had been shot. Nearby, it is said that before Walter was shot, they saw two well-tinted vehicles prowling around the place; They are not neighbors’ vehicles, they confirmed.
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Authorities still don’t review videos
The killers were two test subjects riding a motorcycle. Apparently he was shot first, the victim ran but was chased until he finished.
Walter’s neighbors claim to be surprised by the fact, as it is quiet here, there are no blood events.
For their part, relatives confirm that he never told them he had problems with anyone or that he had been threatened.
While the place is a territory controlled by the Revolutionary 18 gang, the crime rates are very low and murders have not been recorded for a long time, consulted police sources say.
Gang member killed in Usulután
Police reported the murder of an alleged gang member that took place at dawn on Friday on the main street of El Sitio village, Puerto El Triunfo, Usulután. The victim identified as José Rodolfo Prudencio Avelar, 20, an active member of the gang 18 active in various communities in the Puerto El Triunfo municipality, authorities confirmed. was from the place where he was murdered, the subject had a history of detention.
In the industry where the engineer and skating instructor were murdered, there are several companies that have video surveillance cameras, but authorities said they would watch the videos until the companies return to work, as they were closed at the time of the murder and yesterday . before the vacation.
Some family members expressed concern because apparently municipal video surveillance cameras in main arteries such as Venezuela Boulevard or Avenida Sur 25 or at the edge of the Maternity Hospital have not been assessed.
Helped many children
Besides mechanics, Walter had a bigger passion: ice skating. With this I help many children and young people not to become involved in groups and criminal acts, by persecuting them in practicing this sport.
At the sports complex known as El Cafetalón, in Santa Tecla, he was known for training those who wanted to skate. In the same place he had a rental and sales company for skates.
He was also an instructor at the Municipal Skating School at the Mayor’s Office of Zacatecoluca, according to an obituary published yesterday by that municipality in which they regretted that Walter had been killed.
“We will always remember. I never thought yesterday would be his last Joki game with the kids here in Zacate. What terrible news. See you soon, Walter,” Yami Álvarez wrote on Facebook.
“Walter Pérez, a great teacher and a great person, says a powerful goodbye to all his students and family and friends. Sorry for your loss. Who would have thought that yesterday would be our last time with our teacher ”, says Ezequiel Blanco.