Trinidad and Tobago: A 20-year-old man, was shot useless by an off-duty police officer in an encounter whereas the suspect tried to aim a theft on him alongside Lyndon Road in Curepe, a city within the northwestern a part of Trinidad, on the night of Sunday, 24 March, round 8:00 pm.
Sources say, that after the encounter, by which the younger man was shot in Curepe, the off-duty cops instantly knowledgeable his colleagues on the Saint Joseph Police Station in regards to the incident. In response, a staff of cops from the Northern Division went to the situation with the designated medical officer.
On the web site of the encounter, the cops seized your entire place underneath the protocols and began the investigation. Whereas the designated medical officers examined the physique of the younger man and declared him useless formally.
As per the assertion of the off-duty officers, who shot the younger man, talked about that the incident occurred on the day whereas he was standing alongside Lyndon Road at almost 8:00 pm. Whereas he was on the location of Curepe, the deceased man approached him with aggression with the intention of theft.
The officer mentioned that the suspect was armed with a firearm with which he threatened him, and at gunpoint, the suspect requested him to withdraw all the property he was carrying on the time.
It’s mentioned that the actions of the younger artificial the officers fearful for his life and for his self-defence, the officers pulled his firearm out and obtained armed after which he shot within the route of the suspect a number of instances. The shooting left the suspect wounded which finally took his life.
After the examination of the capturing web site, the physique of the useless was faraway from the scene and brought for additional procedures. The cops additionally collected a firearm loaded with bullets with the useless physique of the person.
After the investigation of the encounter case, the id of the useless man is disclosed to be Ferdan Thomas, who lived at East Grove within the Curepe city of Trinidad. Ferdan Thomas is recorded to be the eighth suspect killed in an encounter with a police officer this yr until now.
The final such case was recorded this yr on Saturday, 17 February, alongside Lovell Road at Monte Grande in Tunapuna city of Trinidad. In that case, three people have been killed in a confrontation with cops. The deceased have been recognized as Shaquille McGregor, Jadel Ottley, and Silence.
