A man from the UK was targeted in a failed assassination in a Spanish parking lot and has now been identified. Sonny Redmond, aged 32, narrowly survived after being shot multiple times in Costa Blanca on December 11. Reports indicate that Redmond was wounded in the arm, leg, and chest during the incident, where the assailant fired numerous bullets at his car. The shooting occurred around 10 pm in an underground parking area in Orihuela Costa, near Torrevieja, known as Lomas de Cabo Roig.
Images showing the vehicle’s windshield riddled with bullet holes have circulated widely on social media and in Spanish newspapers. Following the attack, Redmond was rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent surgery and is currently in a critical condition in the intensive care unit.
According to the Spanish media, Redmond, originally from Merseyside, was involved in an armed robbery at a cannabis club along with another British man. Redmond had been previously arrested and detained for this crime but was released on bail in November last year after approximately seven months. He has a history of alleged organized crime involvement in the south Sefton area of Merseyside, leading to a gang injunction issued against him by a Merseyside court in the mid-2010s.
Redmond’s shooting is believed to be linked to the murder of a British man whose body was discovered in Alicante. The incidents are thought to be connected to organized drug gangs from Britain and Ireland operating in the Vega Baja region of Alicante. The Guardia Civil’s Judicial Police in Alicante are currently investigating the fatal shooting, with a media blackout on official information in place.
These recent shootings in December are part of a series of firearm-related incidents earlier this year, suspected to have ties to Merseyside criminal activities. The region of southern Spain, often referred to as the “Costa del Crime,” has become a hotspot for various organized crime syndicates, including British and Irish gangs competing with cartels from South America and eastern Europe for control over the area.