US Coast Guard Says Dominican Died After It Fired at Fleeing Boat Carrying $11 Million Worth of Cocaine

A Coast Guard maritime security force practices fast-roping to the Coast Guard cutter Seneca's flight deck eight miles south of Rockaway, New York, on Aug. 28, 2004. Mike Hvozda/U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The U.S. Coast Guard said a person from the Dominican Republic died after it fired at a fleeing boat in the Caribbean Sea that was smuggling an estimated $11 million worth of cocaine.

The agency said Thursday that Coast Guard officials aboard a U.S. Navy ship fired “warning shots and disabling fire” during the Jan. 1 incident and found an injured crew member when they boarded.