According to testimonies collected by Magik 9, a motorcyclist tried to cross the crowd. Intercepted by a BSAP agent responsible for securing the parade, the altercation quickly escalated. "The agent used a 12-gauge shotgun. Several people, including parents of students, local residents, and motorcycle taxi drivers, were injured. They were taken to Saint-Michel Hospital in Jacmel, where some are in critical condition," said Enante Barthélemy, interim executive agent of the commune, specifying that the school had neither requested nor received authorization from the mayor's office or the police to organize this event.

Peter Coles, the Southeastern departmental coordinator of the BSAP, confirmed the deployment of eight agents to ensure the security of the parade at the request of the school. However, he rejected the notion that agents fired on the crowd. "Those who were initially deployed were not armed. It was a reinforcement, called urgently, that fired into the air with a 12-gauge shotgun to disperse the crowd," he explained.