A member of the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force was Saturday morning warded at the Intensive Care Unit of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital after being shot during a raid in Chauncey that also left one civilian suspect nursing a gunshot injury.
Police are yet to comment on the incident. However, information gathered when iWitness News visited the scene suggested that the officer might have been shot accidentally by one of his colleagues during the pre-dawn operation in an especially dark area of the community.
iWitness News has been unable, so far, to determine the name, age and rank of the male police officer who was reported shot in the chest.
The incident occurred during a raid in Carco, Chauncey, around 4 a.m., where police had gone to execute a search warrant in respect of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
A male resident of the South Leeward village who is also an occupant of the house was shot in the hip, reportedly by police officers during the raid.
A large party of the officers from various tactical and investigative units of the police force were at the scene through 10 a.m. Saturday.
iWitness News was reliably informed that police shot and killed a pit bull dog that had been tied near the entrance to the property and was aggressive towards the officers.
Our reporting indicated that police recovered at least one firearm and “a box of bullets” at the scene.
Among the officers at the scene were acting Assistant Commissioner of Police with responsibility for crime fighting, Trevor “Buju” Bailey, and Assistant Superintendent Nolan “Grandpa” Dallaway, of the Rapid Response Unit (RRU).
The team also included officers from the RRU, Special Services Unit, and the Crime Scene Unit.
When the police left, they were accompanied by a man in handcuffs as well as a woman.
Officers also uprooted and took away several large marijuana plants, though it was not clear where they were being grown, as the officer who transported them had come from a different direction from the house where the shootings occurred.
Sources suggested that the raid might have been triggered by reports of repeated gunfire in the area, including as recently as on Friday.
One less gun off the streets.
Keep up the excellent work officers.
As usual, gross incompetence by our trigger happy police..
[…] if you scared of a dog that tie, you should not be a police officer. Looka different job
@ C. Ben-David: children and fools shall not play with edged tools
Interesting you should say that.
it appeared more of:
(i) a deployment blunder: or
(ii) lack of use of force policy: or
(iii) improper briefing: or
(iv) questionable operational instructions: or
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(v) not remembering that an officer issued with a firearm to perform his/her duty shall at all material times, ‘…see the target.
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see the target.
they shall be instructed that:
(a) before engaging the fingers: at
(b) all material times, they shall see the target.
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apparent gross recklessness.
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commander’s supervisory/operational blunder.
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now:
top of the morning, iWitness publishers/editors:
top of the morning to sister Emily Ryan and fellow Colonarie residents as well as to Dr. Ralph Gonsalves and family.
Svg have d best health care system dats y cartel did come here
lol some of the comments, you just have to laugh, is SVG a real place ?? and are the people for real ???? question when shots ah fire and you or a loved one is seriously injured or worst still killed would you call it FRIENDLY FIRE ?? although some of the police are alleged criminals dem selfs ?? ( badly behaved tink dem above the law allegedly ) lol. are we not glad when they successfully get the so Called Bad Bwoys off the streets wid dem illegal guns????? in regards to SVG and best health care apologies someone need to wipe de matter outta dem eyes. lets see if this is published straight talk as it seems when you use proper Ingggg Lish, uno don’t over-stand what ah brother is saying.