A 44-year old civil servant, apparently under the influence of alcohol and waving a pistol, was lucky to escape with his life yesterday as he attempted to cross the set of the filming of the movie version of Miami Vice in Santo Domingo’s Colonial Zone. Mario Torres was wounded by the army personnel assigned to guard the film set. According to eye-witness reports he was brandishing a pistol and told corporal Jose Antonio Rosario Encarnacion that his weapon was “cocked and that he (Torres) was going to shoot him (Rosario Encarnacion).” According to reports, the incident occurred at about 7:30 yesterday evening as shooting was about to start on the set. As Torres pointed his weapon at corporal Rosario, the corporal prepared his own weapon, knocked his attacker’s arm aside and let off one shot, wounding Torres before his weapon jammed. Torres fired three shots during the incident. Actors and stagehands were taken to their hotels and shooting was delayed. Minister of Culture Rafael Lantigua called the incident an “isolated case.”