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Santo Domingo.– Miguel Medina, director of Communications for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), explained that the bullet that hit a man on Thursday, resulting in his death, had been aimed at the floor and not at the man.

Medina said the dead man, identified as Santo Henriquez Abad, was neither a driver nor a fare collector but he stabbed one of the AMET officers in the arm.

Despite the different versions, one thing is known: AMET officers Juan Francisco Fabian and Gustavo Garcia Estrella stopped Jose Aridson Rodriguez due to a traffic violation on Maximo Gomez and Los Martires avenues and since Rodriguez did not have a driving license the officers proceeded to seize the vehicle.

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Written by: gouletcolonial This user is banned, 1 Feb 2009 10:15 AM
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
this makes no sense who got shot ?....Abad or Rodriguez or both ?
Written by: josean, 1 Feb 2009 10:18 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
He just happened to get in between the bullet and the floor!
Written by: JimHarrington This user is banned, 1 Feb 2009 10:58 AM
From: United States
Sounds like Leonel pitching that everything in the economy is immune.
Written by: antonioj, 1 Feb 2009 11:25 AM
From: Canada, home safe
Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third...
Written by: time2rize, 1 Feb 2009 11:52 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Good thing it was not in Oakland, California, the people would have raised hell.

Cop shoots & Kill unarmed Man(Oscar Grant)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFNDK8PQGNw

Breaking: Metro Subway (BART) Riots in Oakland, California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB20Cc86cnU
Written by: ArsenioALembertJr, 1 Feb 2009 1:28 PM
From: Spain, Ibiza, Minorca, Mallorca
Medina said the dead man, identified as Santo Henriquez Abad, was neither a driver nor a fare collector but he stabbed one of the AMET officers in the arm.

Swift Justice? Or, just day at the office?

The family of Henriquez Abad will not take this lying down; This will not just be case closed, case. If the deceased is of the Henriquez family of the Capital it won't go down easy.
Expect a major investigation, etc. My concolences to the deceased's family.
Written by: Perception, 2 Feb 2009 1:10 AM
From: United States
Medina said the dead man, identified as Santo Henriquez Abad, was neither a driver nor a fare collector but he stabbed one of the AMET officers in the arm.

oooo

but he stabbed one of the AMET officers in the arm

I think the Amet guy did what he was suppose to do, "shoot" the bastard. !!

We like to glorify the order in which we live in the US, but you stab a policeman and "Your History".
Written by: royaljelly007, 3 Feb 2009 8:15 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Yes, The AMET Officer did do what he was supposed to... mostly. He and other Officers where presented with a lethal threat and one of them was actually harmed. The only correction the AMET officer needs is the confidence to pull his weapon and aim center mass (chest) before pulling the trigger. This silly idea that Demonican's have of firing a warning shot is not only unsafe but dangerous to others and plain stupid. IF this dead guy had a weapon, used it or not but refused to drop it, IT WAS a justified shooting and he deserves a medal!
Please stop driving around with thier lights on and learn to shot center mass boys!
If AMET needs more firearms training then we are prepared to provide it too...
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