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01-14-2009, 06:00 PM
A report by the coroner's office has revealed that four of the five men killed last week by police in Santo Domingo's Parque Mirador Sur were shot in the back, leading some to speculate they were executed by police. The findings were reported by coroner Sergio Sarita Valdez. Police have maintained the deaths were a result of a shootout. The coroner reported that one of the men had a wound in the back of the neck meaning that he was shot from very close range. A fifth man had a wound near his forehead, which Sarita says means he was either sitting or lying down when shot. The results of the coroner's report are sure to provoke a public reaction, which has been critical of the police department's "shoot first, ask later" policy. More than 20 people died as a result of "shootouts" with cops in December 2009. The police department has continually defended the actions of its officers.
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