Cuban reggaeton artist El Taiger, real name Jose Manuel Carbajal Zadivar, is in critical condition after he was shot in the head in Miami on Thursday, Oct. 3, per a Miami Police Department Oct. 4 press conference.
Officers were alerted of the incident shortly after 7 a.m. and responded to NW 17th St. 10 Ave, where they discovered the musician was shot in the head inside a black Mercedes SUV. He was found in the third row of the car. First responders removed him by pulling him out of the trunk.
Zadivar was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. He underwent surgery, per the MPD, and was placed on life support, per CBS News Miami.
As of Friday morning, he remains in critical condition, per MPD. A rep for the singer, Carlos Alfaro, told NBC 6 that a surgeon said the singer suffered significant damage to his brain.
Miami police spokesperson Mike …