By Damián Ferrer Reyes and Ryan Burton

BoxingScene.com has learned that welterweight prospect Kenneth Diaz (6-0, 5KOs) was gunned down in a shootout in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico this evening. The Puerto Rican prospect was only 21-years-old.

He died shortly after arriving to the emergency room in Rio Piedras. Two other men were injured in the shootout.

Police are currently looking for the motive behind the shooting.

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