Rob G has been injured by a gunshot while out of the country. We don't have much information at the moment, but our thoughts are with Robert and his family. The story is breaking right now. Updates will be provided as new information is confirmed.
UPDATE 5:20 AM EDT July 28th: Robert Guerrero will arrive back in the Bay Area on Monday according to the latest update from Lonnie Gallegos on the @feetblading instagram. Screenshot below:
UPDATE 3 PM EDT July 27th: Robert Guerrero's shooter is reportedly in custody. Text below translated from a local paper:
Foreigner is in ICU
They shoot tourist in meeting session
Iquitos.-
In a spiritual session of ayahuasca inside the hostel hostel in the district of Fernando Lords in tamshiyacu, tourist Robert Anthony Guerrero (37) was shot in the head for unknown reasons. The Foreigner is now fighting for his life in the intensive care room of the loreto regional hospital.
The fact occurred early Monday in a confusing incident, when the visitor arrived in the town and went to the hostel located 3 kilometers from the district, in the middle of the ritual the man was shot in the head, as indicated by witnesses by Magín Enrique Barcia Boria (63), who would also have been under the effects of the hallucinogen.
One of the workers at the hostel denounced the fact in the commissioner, the troops arrived at the site and quickly moved the wounded to a health center where they gave him first aid, but by the severity of his wounds, he was evacuated from emergency to the regional hospital Of Loreto, where doctors diagnosed tec severe open, endocranial hypertension, traumatic neumoencefalo by firearm with a right frontal entrance wound, without exit wound.
In the the doctors reported that the bullet is still lodged in his head and with multiple shrapnel.
Meanwhile, the police intervened to the alleged author of the shooting, who would be a forest engineer, finding a gun inside his belongings, being detained at the commissioner. The Case is in the department of criminal investigation.
Screenshot of original article.
UPDATE 6:50 AM EDT July 27th: Via Lonnie Gallegos @feetblading on instagram:
UPDATE 7:49am EDT July 26th: Text taken from an update to the gofundme.com fundraiser:
We still have no news until the doctor arrives at 6am (California time) but we have some very good help in Peru. The amount of support for Rob has been unbelievable.
UPDATE 12:40am EDT July 26th: Text taken from the gofundme.com page set up by Lonnie Gallegos on behalf of Robert Guerrero:
"Rob G is one of the kindest people you might ever meet. He is a native of San Jose, CA that works deep in the jungles of Peru at a spiritual retreat to help people work through trauma and mental issues. While on a retreat in the Iquitos jungle, a drunken man who was causing trouble nearby shot Rob in the head at close range.
This happened far from any medical help. He is now stable and at a small local hospital, but due to the injuries he sustained they have placed him in a medically induced coma. He needs to be transferred to a hospital in Lima to receive the proper medical care that can remove the bullet fragments from his head. The transfer alone is set to cost $20,000. Physical therapy and rehabilitation can get into the hundreds of thousands.
A professional Inline skater for well over 10 years, Rob is beloved by virtually everyone who has ever met him through his travels around the world. This fund is setup to help Rob get the proper medical attention as well as getting his family to Peru to be with him." - Lonnie Gallegos