{"id":482963,"date":"2025-09-15T15:18:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/authorities-conduct-investigation-at-a-shopping-center-following-the-death-of-five-men-in-an-alleged-shootout-with-the-police-in-santiago\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:18:41","slug":"authorities-conduct-investigation-at-a-shopping-center-following-the-death-of-five-men-in-an-alleged-shootout-with-the-police-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/dominican-news\/authorities-conduct-investigation-at-a-shopping-center-following-the-death-of-five-men-in-an-alleged-shootout-with-the-police-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities conduct investigation at a shopping center following the death of five men in an alleged shootout with the Police in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santiago.-<\/strong> The <strong>Public Ministry<\/strong> carried out a survey this Monday in a shopping plaza in the <strong>La Barranquita<\/strong> sector, where five men died last week during an alleged confrontation with National Police agents, a fact that keeps several uniformed officers under investigation who were suspended from their duties.\n\nDuring the inspection, a shell casing and a partially mutilated projectile were found, which will be analyzed and compared with any weapons that may be recovered during the investigative process.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in: <a href=\"http:\/\/Madre de joven peluquero, Vladimir Valerio, clama justicia y asegura vive un calvario tras su muerte\">h<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Madre de joven peluquero, Vladimir Valerio, clama justicia y asegura vive un calvario tras su muerte\">ttp:\/\/Mother of young hairdresser, Vladimir Valerio, cries out for justice and assures she is living a Calvary after his death<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nBlood residue and bloody footprints were also detected, although no other relevant clues were found, according to engineer Gilda Peguero, from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif).\n\nThe prosecutor Geraldo Ponce, who headed the delegation, specified that the investigation seeks to collect all the necessary evidence to clarify what happened. He added that the official report will be issued by the Attorney General&#8217;s Office once the investigation is concluded.\n\nThe incident, which occurred in La Barranquita, has generated strong questions and demands for transparency from the victims&#8217; families, who are demanding the publication of security camera recordings from the area to determine what really happened.\n\nThe victims were identified as <strong>Elvis Antonio Jim\u00e9nez Rodr\u00edguez (26), Julio Alberto G\u00f3mez (28), Jos\u00e9 Vladimir Valerio Est\u00e9vez (25), Edward Bernardo Pe\u00f1a Rodr\u00edguez (35) and Carlos Enrique Guzm\u00e1n Navarro (40)<\/strong>. The Police reported that in the alleged exchange an agent was injured.\n\nThe case has caused outrage in different sectors of Santiago, where the official version is questioned and it is demanded that the investigations reach the ultimate consequences to prevent this episode from going unpunished.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago.- The Public Ministry carried out a survey this Monday in a shopping plaza in the La Barranquita sector, where five men died last week during an alleged confrontation with National Police agents, a fact that keeps several uniformed officers under investigation who were suspended from their duties. 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