Venezuelan police fire tear gas and rubber bullets into protesters as the filmer stands among paramedics ready to respond during the ongoing civil unrest on May 1 in Caracas, Venezuela. <br /><br />As the firing suddenly increases screams and shouts from protesters can be heard beyond the fence in front of the filmer. <br /><br />Tear gas fills the street forcing the paramedics and other journalists present to wear gas masks or cover their faces.<br /><br />This footage shot in the daytime starts off with a loud shot followed by a stream of smoke from where the shot takes place. This is thought to be a tear gas canister fired into a crowd of people. <br /><br />A man in a high visibility vest runs past the filmer just as this shot is heard making him bend over and cover his head in a panic. Paramedics in their red vests can be seen also filming the events near the filmer. <br /><br />The street is covered in tear gas canisters with the poisonous gas snaking out into the atmosphere around the filmer. <br /><br />A barrage of shots can then be heard beyond a fence in front of the filmer which forces the protesters to retreat back towards the fence while screaming and shouting.
