By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
AN 18-year-old youth is behind bars after being accused of trying to kill a police officer in a botched robbery attempt that left his alleged accomplice dead earlier this month.
Deangelo “Stewie” Brown was charged with attempted murder and two counts of armed robbery before senior Magistrate Derence Rolle Davis.
According to police reports, shortly before 10pm on July 15, Brown and Elton Johnson entered a business on Deveaux and East Bay Streets. The pair allegedly pulled a handgun and attempted to rob Trinity Bowleg and off-duty Inspector Lavaro Moxey.
Responding to the threat, Inspector Moxey is said to have identified himself as a police officer, leading the suspects to open fire on him. The off-duty officer returned fire and shot Johnson before collecting the firearm.
While Johnson was taken to hospital after the incident, the 17-year-old would die of his injuries there.
Brown was remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services. His case will be moved to the Supreme Court through a Voluntary Bill of Indictment due for service on August 31.
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