Jersey Shore Woman Shot In The Face While Vacationing In Puerto Rico
A Jersey Shore woman is fighting for her life after she was shot in the face while vacationing in Puerto Rico.
Angelis Molina, 20, recently lived in Ventnor, New Jersey, and worked as a waitress in Atlantic City. She traveled to Puerto Rico in mid-January and decided to stay there longer than expected after coming across a modeling opportunity.
“She found a job and she said, ‘I just want to stay here for a few months please, just to experience it a little more,’” Angelis’ mother, Michelle Molina, said. “And I tried to tell her, ‘It’s not what you think it is there. It’s dangerous.’”
On Thursday, Angelis Molina was inside an apartment with a group of people in San Juan when she was shot in the face by an unidentified gunman. She was taken to the hospital where she remains in critical condition. [...]
NJ Woman Shot in the Face While Vacationing in Puerto Rico
(Published Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019)
[...] Angelis Molina, a Ventnor resident who was working as a waitress in Atlantic City, had gone to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the first time to celebrate her 20th birthday Jan. 21 with a friend. After deciding to extend her stay, she was shot in the face Jan. 31.
She is recovering from her most recent surgery, which removed one of her eyes, her mother Michelle Molina said.
The bullet, she said, had entered her daughter’s mouth and exited her cheek.
“It’s a tough situation as a mother because I warned her. I really did,” Michelle said. “I just did not feel good about it.”
Despite her apprehensions about Angelis’ travels, Michelle said her daughter was having a great time on her trip.
“She got down there and was having so much fun. She met these people and felt like, ‘Well, now I’m having the time of my life, I just want to stay a little bit more, even if it’s just for a few months,” Michelle said.
Her mother said Angelis had attended a festival, met new people and was even approached for restaurant and modeling jobs. But Michelle is now concerned about the kind of people her daughter encountered.
“She ended up in just not a good group of people in that time, but being young and innocent like she is, she sees the good in people. She doesn’t judge people. She put a little more faith in them than she should,” she said.
One of those new friends, Renán Colón Pujadas, gave a version of events − that the shooting took place in the course of a robbery − to police last Friday that has since been ruled out due to contradictory versions, according to PrimeraHora, which also reported that Pujadas had a history of giving false information to police in cases of theft and robbery.
Molina's mother said she had reservations about her new acquaintance after being sent photos of him.
"I did not know who this kid was at all but from what she told me he was a good guy. Not someone at all that would have hurt her," Molina said. "What he really is as a person is not good either. His whole persona is not good.
One thing her daughter said stuck out to Molina: “He is showing me the time of my life.”
The details surrounding what happened Jan. 31 are under investigation by the Puerto Rico Police Department, the department confirmed Tuesday through an interpreter.
“There’s been so many different accounts from the people that were involved that the police are trying to put their finger on what exactly is the truth,” Michelle said. [...]
Mays Landing family waits as daughter recovers from shooting in Puerto Rico
(Published Feb. 8, 2019)
A Jersey Shore woman is fighting for her life after she was shot in the face while vacationing in Puerto Rico.
Angelis Molina, 20, recently lived in Ventnor, New Jersey, and worked as a waitress in Atlantic City. She traveled to Puerto Rico in mid-January and decided to stay there longer than expected after coming across a modeling opportunity.
“She found a job and she said, ‘I just want to stay here for a few months please, just to experience it a little more,’” Angelis’ mother, Michelle Molina, said. “And I tried to tell her, ‘It’s not what you think it is there. It’s dangerous.’”
On Thursday, Angelis Molina was inside an apartment with a group of people in San Juan when she was shot in the face by an unidentified gunman. She was taken to the hospital where she remains in critical condition. [...]
NJ Woman Shot in the Face While Vacationing in Puerto Rico
(Published Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019)
[...] Angelis Molina, a Ventnor resident who was working as a waitress in Atlantic City, had gone to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the first time to celebrate her 20th birthday Jan. 21 with a friend. After deciding to extend her stay, she was shot in the face Jan. 31.
She is recovering from her most recent surgery, which removed one of her eyes, her mother Michelle Molina said.
The bullet, she said, had entered her daughter’s mouth and exited her cheek.
“It’s a tough situation as a mother because I warned her. I really did,” Michelle said. “I just did not feel good about it.”
Despite her apprehensions about Angelis’ travels, Michelle said her daughter was having a great time on her trip.
“She got down there and was having so much fun. She met these people and felt like, ‘Well, now I’m having the time of my life, I just want to stay a little bit more, even if it’s just for a few months,” Michelle said.
Her mother said Angelis had attended a festival, met new people and was even approached for restaurant and modeling jobs. But Michelle is now concerned about the kind of people her daughter encountered.
“She ended up in just not a good group of people in that time, but being young and innocent like she is, she sees the good in people. She doesn’t judge people. She put a little more faith in them than she should,” she said.
One of those new friends, Renán Colón Pujadas, gave a version of events − that the shooting took place in the course of a robbery − to police last Friday that has since been ruled out due to contradictory versions, according to PrimeraHora, which also reported that Pujadas had a history of giving false information to police in cases of theft and robbery.
Molina's mother said she had reservations about her new acquaintance after being sent photos of him.
"I did not know who this kid was at all but from what she told me he was a good guy. Not someone at all that would have hurt her," Molina said. "What he really is as a person is not good either. His whole persona is not good.
One thing her daughter said stuck out to Molina: “He is showing me the time of my life.”
The details surrounding what happened Jan. 31 are under investigation by the Puerto Rico Police Department, the department confirmed Tuesday through an interpreter.
“There’s been so many different accounts from the people that were involved that the police are trying to put their finger on what exactly is the truth,” Michelle said. [...]
Mays Landing family waits as daughter recovers from shooting in Puerto Rico
(Published Feb. 8, 2019)
