An­na-Lisa Paul

Even as the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the po­lice-in­volved killing of a Mor­vant man on Wednes­day con­tin­ues by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) – a par­al­lel in­ves­ti­ga­tion has been launched in­to the in­ci­dent by the Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty (PCA).

Ri­car­do Mar­tin was shot by of­fi­cers in Ve­gas, Mor­vant on Feb­ru­ary 22, af­ter he al­leged­ly opened fire on them as they pa­trolled in the com­mu­ni­ty.

He lat­er died at hos­pi­tal.

PCA of­fi­cials yes­ter­day con­firmed they had start­ed in­ves­ti­gat­ing the in­ci­dent.

An of­fi­cial said, “Yes, we in­ves­ti­gate all fa­tal and non-fa­tal po­lice-in­volved shoot­ings au­to­mat­i­cal­ly.”

The in­ci­dent oc­curred at Sec­ond Cale­do­nia Ex­ten­sion.

The of­fi­cer added, “In­ves­ti­ga­tions have start­ed and are on­go­ing.”

He urged any­one with in­for­ma­tion to con­tact the PCA at 226-4PCA (4722) or email in­fo@pca.org.tt.