• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Waiter Survives Murder Attempt Thanks To Leg Of Ham

Home> News

Published 20:04 7 Jun 2022 GMT+1

Waiter Survives Murder Attempt Thanks To Leg Of Ham

The bullets ended up lodged inside the large ham leg

Claire Reid

Claire Reid

Featured Image Credit: Alamy

Topics: World News, Crime

Claire Reid
Claire Reid

Claire is a journalist at UNILAD who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats.

Advert

Advert

Advert

A waiter survived a murder attempt in a Spanish bar after a leg of ham stopped the bullets. 

The waiter was working at El Tigre Bar in Madrid, at 1.15pm on Sunday (5 June) when two men entered through the front door. 

According to reports, the waiter appeared to immediately recognise the pair and sensed what was about to go off. 

The quick-thinking waiter is said to have dropped to the ground and ducked for cover behind the bar, before one of the suspects removed a gun from his backpack and opened fire. 

Advert

Fortunately for the waiter, neither of the shots hit him and both men then fled the scene on foot. 

The bullets were embedded in a leg of jamon (
Alamy)

One of the two assailants was caught by a couple of parking attendants just 100 metres away from the scene – the unarmed attendants were reportedly alerted to the suspect after the waiter left the bar shouting for police. 

The man who was apprehended is just 17 years old and is believed to be the one who fired the gun. 

Advert

In his rucksack, they found the pistol he had allegedly used to shoot at his intended victim, who is said to be a 32-year-old Spanish national of Dominican origin.

Only one of the suspects was caught, while his accomplice is still at large, prompting a manhunt by national police. 

Officers who arrived at the scene said they were able to recover the bullets, which had been lodged into a large cured ham leg – a typical Spanish delicacy – that had been on top of the bar at the time. 

Security cameras inside the establishment recorded the events as they unfolded and will be closely examined by the police to help catch the second perpetrator.

Advert

A police source told El Pais: "In the images you can see how the waiter recognises them as soon as they enter the door and they were clearly going for him.”

The waiter was shaken but unhurt (
Alamy)

A police spokesperson has said one line of enquiry currently being probed by cops centres on a dispute between rival youth gangs in the city. 

The bar involved in the shootout is said to be popular with young people due to its selection of tapas and low prices. 

Advert

Despite the incident taking place in the afternoon, it was said to be not full at the time.

The names of those involved were withheld, as were the images.

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected] 

  • Man survives being shot in the chest after cross necklace diverts bullet in shocking miracle
  • Murder victim’s girlfriend among 9 teenagers arrested in alleged plot to lure boy to his death
  • Husband charged with wife’s murder after she went to visit him in prison and never made it out
  • Woman speaks out after wearing wire to catch ex-husband and his new wife for murder

Choose your content:

an hour ago
11 hours ago
12 hours ago
13 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    Putin reportedly gives Trump his three clear demands to end war in Ukraine following meeting

    The details come a week after Putin met with Trump in Alaska

    News
  • 11 hours ago

    Lil Nas X arrested after police respond to reports of 'naked man' roaming the streets

    Lil Nas X has been detained, the LAPD have confirmed

    Celebrity
  • 12 hours ago

    World's most secretive plane seen flying over Area 51 'confirming' longstanding rumor

    I'm not saying its aliens... but it's gotta be aliens

    News
  • 13 hours ago

    Truth behind controversial new weight loss jab 'Reta' that's said to be 3 times stronger than Ozempic

    The new weight loss drug is yet to be approved for use

    News