Mass Shooting in Buenos Aires

Date: July 6, 2006 • Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

A gunman killed an 18-year-old man and injured six other people in a mass shooting on Cabildo Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Martín Ríos, dubbed the Belgrano Serial Shooter, the Belgrano Madman or simply the Belgrano Shooter, is an Argentine man and serial offender who, between June 2005 and July 2006, committed several shooting attacks in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, ending in a mass shooting which killed an 18-year-old man and injured six others. His case sparked a debate about gun control and mental health issues.