This is the report from the investigating Officer in to a riot and the shootings, non-lethal, of five (5) detainees at Camp Cropper, Iraq on June 9, 2003. On June 9, 2003 a Specialist entered the detainee portion of Camp Cropper to retrieve a water jug, while there he was assaulted by several detainees. Military Police (MP) entered the compound and removed the agitator. It was then that several detainees from C compound began throwing rocks and bottles, and began chanting; The detainees in B compound began to charge the gate; At this point, detainees from almost all of the compounds in the CHA were throwing rocks and bottles and detainees from B, C & D compounds had come outside of their compounds into the main compound. The investigating Officer came to the following conclusions: External security post should be built for better line of sight and a clear presence of force and non-lethal equipment should be distributed to the current MP Company tasked with detainee operations mission.