Assistant DA killed in apartment full of barn animals, report

Santo Domingo.- An Assistant Prosecutor has been reportedly gunned down Tuesday morning during a search of an apartment in the sprawling sector of Herrera, where authorities found 38 calves and 16 goats.

Assistant DA Omar Alvarez, of the Santo Domingo Office of the Prosecutor, was allegedly shot and killed by Charles Muñoz García, owner of the apartment, and who authorities say impersonated a lawyer.

The as yet unclear incident occurred in the building on a street adjacent to the busy 27de Febrero Av., in the barrio La Rosa.