By JENNA MITCHELL
Staff Writer
A wild shootout involving AK-47 assault rifles and pistols has left at least 13 inmates dead at a Panama prison. The shooting took place inside a block that houses inmates who belong to the same local gang, officials said. “These firearms didn’t fall out of the sky, there was obviously some type of cooperation there for firearms to be brought in,” President Laurentino Cortizo said following the shooting, according to the BBC. There were five pistols and three AK-47s assault rifles were found after the shooting. In addition to the 13 inmates killed, 15 others were injured during the gunfire. The Interior Department said no guards or prison personnel were hurt in the confrontation and no escapes were reported.