Two clowns in the traveling Circo del Sol de Cali were shot dead by an unidentified gunman as they began their act under the not-so-big top in the Colombian town of Cucuta. The shootings were witnessed by the 20-to-50 members of the audience, who had paid the equivalent of 50 cents to see the execution of derring-do, not actual executions. “The clowns came out to give their show and then this guy came out shooting them,” said one shocked customer. “The killings had nothing to do with the show the victims were performing at the time of the incident,” the local police chief told Reuters, adding, “We are investigating the motive.” (Photo: a reenactment, we think)