By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
TWO police officers facing manslaughter charges over the 2018 killing of 20-year-old Deangelo Evans in Mason’s Addition were told on Friday that the setting of their trial date has been delayed until late March.
In January, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) reversed an earlier decision not to charge any officers in the case.
Inspector Akeem Wilson appeared before Justice Dale Fitzpatrick on Friday as his manslaughter charge proceeded to the Supreme Court. His co-accused, Detective Corporal 3906 Donald Wright, pleaded not guilty before Justice Gregory Hilton a month after Wilson had entered his plea.
Both officers were informed that their trial date would be set before Justice Fitzpatrick on March 28.
K Melvin Munroe represented the accused.
The parents of Deangelo Evans arrived at the court complex later that day but missed the officers’ arraignment. They appeared visibly upset at missing the latest court proceedings.
Evans was killed on May 27, 2018, while officers were responding to an alleged armed robbery. A Coroner’s Court jury ruled in 2023 that his death was a homicide by manslaughter.
Evans’ killing, which sparked outrage in Mason’s Addition, led to a vigil attended by hundreds demanding justice.
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