A bloody three-hour firefight between suspected drug traffickers and Mexican soldiers and federal police in Reynosa, Mexico, on Feb. 17 has reportedly left at least five soldiers and five suspected gunmen dead. The engagement began in an area just outside of the city's downtown, near a shopping center containing several large department stores, and eventually spread to other parts of the city. According to local press reports, the gunmen involved were armed with assault rifles, fragmentation grenades and, according to one report, rocket-propelled grenades. One unconfirmed report indicated that several children may have been wounded or killed by stray bullets during the shooting, and many schools, businesses and government offices in the area closed their doors for the day. Some reports indicate that the shooting began around 9 a.m. local time as federal police stopped a suspect vehicle, though further details are not available at this point.