Alex Quiñonez, 200m bronze medallist at the 2019 World Championships, has been killed in his home city of Guayaquil after a shooting incident.
According to reports the 32-year-old was shot along with another person on Friday night in a shopping area of Guayaquil, the second largest city in Ecuador.
Quiñonez had a best 200m time of 19.87, holds his national records from 100m to 400m and finished seventh in the 200m final in the London Olympics in 2012.