Two cops arrested for killing of man at Enmore

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Two cops arrested for killing of man at Enmore

Dead Rondell Clarke

Kaieteur News – Two police officers are under close arrest following the murder of Rondell Clarke of Lot 413 Foulis, East Cost Demerara (ECD), while two security officers are in police custody.

This is according to the deceased family’s Attorney, Dexter Todd.

Clarke’s family formed a protest outside the Cove and John police station on Tuesday to gather information from the police about the incident.

Todd, during an interview with reporters on Tuesday, stated that the post-mortem examination will be conducted on Wednesday (today) to confirm if Clarke died from a gunshot wound. He said the firearms of the four suspects are being analysed.

The attorney also called on members of the community to come forward and assist by providing statements to the police, if they saw or heard anything at the time of the incident, since it will play an important role in the investigation. Todd also stated he told Region Four commander Khali Pareshram that the family will be calling on villages to come forward and share their statements.

“Now, what was worrying about the brief today is the fact that one of the investigators said that he went back to that area and didn’t find anybody,” Todd said.

He added that “this is a community, and so I think the call has to be the people who have information in relation to what happened, whatever they saw as a result of what they heard, and [if] they saw something. They need to put that in black and white.”

The attorney further noted that the police must be careful as a thorough investigation needs to be done.

“The haste at which the police are using to get this file for advice at the Director of Public Prosecutions, we have to be careful about what is really going in this one, and we do not want to have a situation where the investigation is not thorough, and then the advice reflects the incompleteness of this investigation,” the attorney said.

Todd continued to stress the importance of persons giving statements, especially now when they have lost all trust in the force, in delivering creditable information and executing a thorough investigation.

“And now it’s also worrying what we’re dealing with. You’re dealing with a force at the time which has lost significant confidence, so you have to be careful, and people have to be very active in the fight for justice. While we understand that the police force faces a problem in relation to credibility, in relation to their ability to do investigations impartially and fairly. We have to be careful as to allowing that… We have to give statements,” Todd told reports.

Family’s attorney Dexter Todd

Citing the lack of justice in similar incidences, mother of the deceased, Michelle Clarke expressed distrust in the Guyana Police Force.

“I don’t really trust everything that the police is doing because in Guyana we experience thing from time to time like this and there is no justice, you have to fight for justice. And I trust God that tomorrow after the post-mortem examination, we can hear something that will lead us down the right road that will help us to get justice for my son Rondell.”

It was reported that 29-year-old Clarke, who was a construction worker, was reportedly shot dead during a police chase on Second Street, Foulis, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Sunday evening.

According to a police report, Clarke was allegedly shot by a 25-year-old male security officer employed with a private security service, but family members believe it was a bullet that was fired by the police.

During an interview with Kaieteur News, the deceased’s sister, Sherifa Clarke, shared concerns over the lack of clarity surrounding the circumstances of her brother’s death.

The woman explained that after being informed of the incident, the family visited multiple police stations along the east coast including Sparendaam, Vigilance, Enmore, and Cove and John, only to be told at each location that no official report had been made regarding the shooting, as a result, the family formed a protest outside the Cove and John police station after which they were assisted.

Dexter Todd, East Cost Demerara, Khali Pareshram, Rondell Clarke

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