Like many schools in Acapulco, security was stepped up after gang members demanded teachers hand over year-end bonuses or a cut of their paychecks. After the first shots were heard on the coastal boulevard, federal police in their underwear began firing from a nearby hotel where they were staying. The police reaction, captured in online videos of loud, staccato gunfire, worsened the public perception of violence in Acapulco. About 1,600 businesses in the city have already closed due to security problems, said business chamber leader Alejandro Martinez. Two of their bullet-ridden bodies lay on the concrete just off the beach, and one bled out on the sand.

Source: Fox News May 22, 2016 14:31 UTC