Luis Manuel Medina

Luis Manuel Medina (March 31, 1968 – February 14, 2017) was a Dominican broadcast journalist and host for the FM radio station 103.5 HICC in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He was fatally shot along with his producer during a Facebook live-streaming video.

Personal life Luis Manuel Medina was a native of the Dominican Republic, born on March 31, 1968. Medina was raised in Consuelo, San Pedro de Macorís Province. He graduated from the communications program at Universidad Central del Este, a private university in his home province. He is buried in Consuelo, San Pedro de Macorís Province. He was employed by 103.5 HICC, an FM radio station located in San Pedro de Macorís Province. At 103.5 FM, Medina co-hosted a popular morning radio program titled Milenio Caliente (Hot Millennium in English), where he often gave live news updates. He also hosted other radio shows for 103.5 FM. Before he worked for 103.5, Medina was employed by Radio Dial and worked on the news program Reportero 670. Medina was also widely known as the voice of the Dominican professional baseball team, Estrellas Orientales.

Death Luis Manuel Medina was fatally shot on February 14, 2017, during a Facebook live-streaming broadcast in the Centro Comercial del Este area. The attacker first opened fire on Medina's co-producer, Leonidas Martínez, in the station while Medina was reading the news for a live news update for Milenio Caliente. Gunshots could be heard in the background along with a female voice yelling "Shots! Shots! Shots!" The attacker then entered the recording studio and shot and killed Medina. The attacker was later identified as José Rodríguez, a 59-year-old man who had a grievance with the pair over either land or as a result of their media work, such as a report from a week earlier about polluted lands.

Context The murder of journalists in the Dominican Republic is rare. In Medina's case, there was no immediate motive, although Medina had criticized a political movement in San Pedro de Macorís Province.