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A man was shot dead by police after an incident in Chippingham early on Monday morning.
According to reports, shortly before 4am, officers from the Operations Unit were responding to a complaint of a suspicious vehicle parked on Dunmore Avenue.
Upon arrival, the officers found a vehicle parked near a vacant lot with a man inside.
After being ordered out of the vehicle, the man charged at one of the officers.
The officer tried to evade him but the suspect attempted to disarm him. The officer then shot the man.
Emergency Medical Services pronounced the man dead at the scene. Her Majesty’s Coroner also visited the scene and was briefed on the facts. Following the investigation into this incident the file will be forwarded to the Coroner, who will conduct an inquest into this matter.
Comments
bahamianson 2 years, 3 months ago
What? All police do is shoot Bahamian males . What the heck is going on? Are these racist policemen shooting helpless black men?
AreYouSerious 2 years, 3 months ago
What an idiotic statement to make!!!---before putting your fingers to your keep keyboard--may I suggest that you search the meaning of the word "racism" to know its meaning (sm.)
Proguing 2 years, 3 months ago
Police officers only shoot at people shooting at them or trying to disarm them. Stop defending criminals. There is nothing racist here...
Baha10 2 years, 3 months ago
Agreed …
John 2 years, 3 months ago
You may say that sarcastically, but the commissioner of police recently expressed genuine concern about the increase in the number of police involved shootings and killings. Both are now at record highs. And since the coroner’s court is not fully functioning, some of these shootings are not being fully investigated. And yes they are virtually all Black, Bahamian males who are being shot and killed. But the population is probably 95 percent Black.
AreYouSerious 2 years, 3 months ago
from username AREYOUSERIOUS---WHY IS IT YOU NEVER POSTS ANY OF MY REPLIES WHEN THEY ARE LEGALLY FRAMED AND NOT VIOLATING ANY LAW OR JOURNALISTIC RULES?
RASR19 2 years, 3 months ago
I also agree. If you were not there to see how this unfolded yourself you can only go by what is presented by the press which is credible Intel. There are some heinous crimes unfolding everyday by people you yourself may know personally. It is up to us as the people to inform so that these kind of incidents occur less. Question, what if a civilian instead of contacting authorities went and tried to help that person and that individual life was taken as a result. Not trying to seem cold towards the matter at hand but you have to keep an open mind to every situation and look at it from all aspects. That could've been a family member who could have been accosted by this individual or he may have been plotting on someone close to anyone of us. It's saddening that the individual passed but, pay attention to the facts presented he approached with intent. That's all there is until proven false.
John 2 years, 3 months ago
Has it been confirmed that the victim was a Defense Force officer who was sleeping in his car In front of his house?
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