Two men were wounded when an unknown gunman fired shots in the early hours of Friday, 17 July 2026, at the Shady Pig Bar on Jalan Pantai Berawa in Canggu, North Kuta.
The shooting incident took place at 2:50 am after a fight broke out between the gunman and a 25-year-old Chinese national identified by the initials EA.
Badung police precinct chief, AKBP Joseph Edward Purba, confirmed the gunman is the subject of an extensive manhunt, suggesting the assailant, named Ahmad, may have immediately fled Bali after the shooting. One eyewitness told the police how the security guard IMYN tried to separate the Chinese guest EA from the gun-wielding assailant. The witness said that the shooter pulled a pistol and shot both IMYN and EA.
As reported by BeritaBali, Ahmad, the alleged shooter, had arrived prior to the shooting at midnight in the company of four others who all sat at reserved sofa #5. The group of five was observed to spend several hours drinking, listening to music, and dancing with other guests. Starting from about 2:00 am, an argument took place with the Chinese guest in an area near the bar’s DJ Booth that escalated to the point when Ahmad produced a firearm used to shoot the two men at 2:50 a.m.
Ahmad and his companions quickly fled the bar after the shooting.
Later at 2:50 am, a 32-year-old security guard, IMYM, was shot through the thigh when he tried to stop the fight by standing between the Chinese guest and the alleged shooter. Reports suggest a single shot was fired, with the bullet hitting the Chinese guest after first passing through the guard’s body.
Police from the Badung and North Kuta precincts quickly declared the bar a crime scene to facilitate evidence collection. CCTV footage from the bar and surrounding area is under review while medical reports from both victims are being studied. Other evidence collected from the crime scene includes blood-stained clothing and a spent bullet.
A Bali police spokesperson, quoted by BaliPost, Aiptu Ni Nyoman Au Inastuti, said that based on statements collected from eyewitnesses, a fight initially broke out near the bar’s DJ Booth. After hearing gunfire, many late-night customers fled the scene before police arrived.
The Badung precinct police chief, AKBP Edward Purba, speaking at the crime scene, told BaliPost:”Our present focus is to definitely identify the assailant, discover his motives, and quickly arrest the suspected shooter so he can face the law.
Meanwhile, an intensive police manhunt for the shooter is underway over a wide area that includes Jakarta. Police believe the assailant, Ahmad, has taken a flight to Jakarta.
IMYM (32), the local security guard, was wounded by a bullet that passed through his thigh while the Chinese guest, EA (25),suffered a gunshot, possibly from the same bullet, that lodged above his left knee. Both shooting victims underwent medical treatment at the Lira Medika Hospital Bali in Kerobokan, North Kuta.
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