As several shooters targeted a supermarket owned by his wife’s family in Rosario, Argentina, ESPN says that Lionel Messi received a threatening note.
On Thursday, two people riding a motorcycle fired roughly fourteen rounds at the Unico store’s shutters in Rosario.
No one was wounded in the incident, but the store sustained damage, according to Rosario police. A piece of cardboard with a menacing message attached was found nearby. “Messi, we are waiting for you,” read the note. “Javkin is a drug dealer, he is not going to look after you.”
The attack and the note are the subject of an ongoing investigation. Pablo Javkin, the mayor of Rosario, expressed his displeasure at what he claimed was a spike in violent crime in remarks made to reporters on Thursday. He expressed similar views earlier this week in a string of tweets, saying the city needed more funds and police officers.
“Where are the ones who need to take care of us?” Javkin said in an interview with a local news station, per The Guardian, noting that he has repeatedly raised his concerns during meetings with federal and provincial officials. “It’s clear that those who have the weapons and have the possibility of investigating the criminals aren’t doing it, and it’s very easy for any gang to carry out something like this.”
Messi and his wife Antonela Roccuzzo have not made any comments on the event.