Looting breaks out in Haiti

Desperate Haitians make off with goods from the rubble of a shop during a looting spree in the downtown business district in Port-au-Prince. (Getty Images)

Sporadic looting broke out in the aftermath of the historic earthquake that devastated the capital, prompting Haitian police to break up the crowd with gunfire which killed at least one man. (Getty Images)

A Haitian private security man brandishes a pistol while breaking up a looting spree at the shop he is guarding. (Getty Images)

Looters keep the hands up after seeing the police. Rescuers pulled three survivors from the rubble Sunday, five days after the Haiti earthquake, but tensions were growing among a desperate population. (Getty Images)

Looters steal everything they can from buildings near the Hypolite Market. (Getty Images)

Looters run during a police assault. Aid is pouring into the earthquake-stricken Caribbean nation of Haiti, as officials try to estimate the scale of the devastation. (Getty Images)