UPDATED on 11/26/2012
Doctors pronounced Camacho dead on Saturday after he was removed from life support at his family’s direction. He never regained consciousness after at least one gunman crept up to the car in a darkened parking lot and opened fire. (source)
UPDATED!!! While Hector Camacho was shot Tuesday in Puerto Rico that left his driver dead, the boxer is expected to live. Doctors at San Juan Medical Center listed Hector “Macho” Camacho in critical condition after a bullet entered his face and neck and fortunately missed his brain. The drive-by shooting is under investigation.
Hector “Macho” Camacho was shot in the neck and face this evening during a drive by shooting in Puerto Rico. His driver was killed. Hector was transported to the hospital in critical condition. Just moments ago Boricua Boxing reported on their twitter page that they have confirmed Macho had passed away. He was 50 years old.
(TMZ) The former boxing champ was reportedly in the passenger seat of a car around 7 PM local time … when another vehicle rolled up and someone opened fire … striking Camacho several times in the neck and face.