At least nine shots were fired at a vehicle belonging to commentator and television journalist Euri Cabral as he drove along Carmen Mendoza de Cornielle Street last night. Three of the shots hit the front windshield but missed Cabral, the driver, and his passenger friends. Another three shots went through the rear windshield and exited through the front windshield, also missing the occupants.
El Caribe says the car has ten impacts from a weapon. Cabral, who is the owner of local TV’s Channel 23, said his group raced away from the attackers and reached a gas station located on Av. Nunez de Caceres near Gustavo Mejia Ricart where he called the police. Law enforcement agents carried out an initial investigation right there at the gas station. Police Chief Manuel de Jesus Perez Sanchez and Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, as well as the Santo Domingo DA, all began their investigations last night. Cabral attributed his escape to his experiences at the UASD university, where there were various shooting incidents during the student protests of the 70s and 80s.