Residents in El Putxet woke to a police response early on Thursday after several people reported hearing gunshots on Ferran Puig street, in Barcelona’s Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, near Turó Park. According to ARA, the first call to the 112 emergency number was logged at 5.52am, reporting a possible shooting.

Mossos d'Esquadra, the Catalan regional police, went to the scene but found no injured people and no suspected gunmen, according to the same report. That means there is no confirmed victim from the incident at this stage, although police are investigating what happened.

For residents in the upper part of the city, the immediate consequence was an early-morning police deployment in a residential street in the Putxet area, with officers checking whether there had been a real shooting or another incident that could explain the reported shots.

What has been confirmed so far

  • The reported incident happened on Ferran Puig street in the Putxet neighbourhood.
  • The location is in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district, next to Turó Park.
  • The first 112 emergency call was received at 5.52am.
  • Mossos officers found no injured people and no gunmen at the scene.

The available source material does not confirm how many shots were allegedly heard, whether forensic evidence was found, or whether anyone had fled before police arrived. Those details remain unconfirmed.

Police response follows other recent shootings in Catalonia

The reported Putxet incident came as Mossos are also dealing with other firearms cases in Catalonia. In a separate appearance reported by other outlets in the source material, senior officers said there had been 65 incidents involving real firearms in Catalonia in the first half of 2026, with 22 cases causing injuries and seven resulting in deaths.

“The murder of a 15-year-old child is a red line of the utmost gravity,” Mossos director general Josep Lluís Trapero said on Thursday in relation to a separate fatal shooting in Barcelona.

That separate case involved the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old in the La Pegaso park area of Sant Andreu on Thursday night. Police said that investigation remains open and under judicial secrecy. The Putxet case is distinct, and the source material does not link the two incidents.

Anyone in the area with direct information about the Ferran Puig street incident would typically report it through 112 or directly to Mossos, but police have not published any specific public appeal in the source material provided.

Reported by Source Text Link, Elena Burés, Beatriz Gálvez | Carol Espona, elmundo.es, ACN, Carla Stavraky, Orsolya Gazdagi, rte.ie, Miriam Saint-Germain, ARA, radio onda cero, Rebeca Carranco, EFE, Andrea Villoria, Eduardo Martinez Sierra, Diari ARA.