The police opened fire on a chaotic mass of people clamoring for part of the food and supplies being disbursed in Nagua yesterday. The patio of the Holy Trinity church in Nagua was the scene of this catastrophe. According to El Caribe, hundreds of people were trying to get some of the relief supplies being distributed by parish officials.
The chaos started when people started grabbing charity clothing from the parish officials. At once, the police started shooting, down, not into the air as is usual in these circumstances. As a consequence, five police agents are under arrest. The intended recipients of the donations are people who lost nearly everything to Tropical Storm Jeanne last month. Eligio Baez, the parish priest, said that he and his people would continue to assist those who had lost their possessions in the flooding.