Soccer player shoots, kills referee after being red carded

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A soccer match turned deadly in Argentina when a player infuriated by a red card shot and killed the referee.

According to Marca, referee Cesar Flores, 48, showed the player a red card for punching a player on the opposing team. The ejected player left the field, got a gun out of his bag and returned to the pitch to shoot Flores.

Flores was shot in the head, neck and chest and transported to Cordoba Hospital where he died of his wounds. Another player, Walter Zarate, was injured but expected to survive.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, fled the scene during the chaos and is still on the run.

Police told La Voz that the incident was not gang-related.

Sadly, soccer-related violence is not uncommon in South America. In 2013, a Brazilian referee was beheaded by angry fans after he himself stabbed a player to death on the pitch. Recently in Buenos Aires, fans of the country's most famous team, Boca Juniors, were banned eight matches for attacking rival River Plate players with mustard gas. The ban has since been reduced to two games.