The authorities are investigating whether this was assault or fatal, the killing of two merchants and injuries to a police captain, in the fact that this happened at a merchant located in Avenida Professor Juan Bosch, in La Romana.
The two dead were identified as the two martyrs, Paulino Castro and Luis Antonio Cordero (Tony), while the injured officer is Juan Ysidro Aquino Gomez, who is undergoing surgery on Sunday.
The event took place in front of a dealer. Of the property of Paulino Castro, where they were hit by bullets fired by an unknown person.
The author escaped from the scene with two firearms and several mobile phones, but Aquino Gómez was not deprived of a large sum of money in his possession, as the authorities indicated. The property where the event took place is located at the 3 1/2 km of the La Romana – San Pedro de Macorís motorway.
Mártires Paulino Castro also owned another San Pedro Macorís dealer, while Luis Antonio Cordero (Tony) owned a lottery banking business.
The two bodies have been recovered and taken to the Forensic Institute, while Major Aquino Gómez is being evaluated at the Central Romana Medical Center.
Authorities are investigating the circumstances that led to the event.