A 25-year-old Municipal Police Officer from Arima has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old homeless man. The shooting occurred on march 22.
Reports indicate the Municipal Police Officer identified as Josiah Diaz from Mt Pleasant Road was driving in a marked police vehicle along South Quay near the Old Agostini Building, Port of Spain around 6pm , when the homeless man reportedly threw a stone that shattered the windscreen of the police vehicle.
It is alleged the officer stopped, came out of the car, and shot the street dweller in his upper body.
He then reportedly dropped the wounded man off at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, where he died.
Medical officials later informed the Homicide Bureau, and the officer was detained by investigators.
He will appear before a High Court Master on Wednesday