ELIZ­A­BETH GON­ZA­LES

GML To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

A 74-year-old pen­sion­er was shot and killed by an off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer ear­ly Fri­day morn­ing in Mt St George, To­ba­go—less than six weeks af­ter an­oth­er man was fa­tal­ly shot by po­lice while hand­cuffed.

The de­ceased has been iden­ti­fied as Frank Alan Sandy of Wind­sor Road, Mt St George.

Ac­cord­ing to po­lice, around 5 am on May 30, 2025, PC Roach was at home when he heard dogs bark­ing and nois­es near his front door. When he checked, he al­leged­ly saw a man try­ing to en­ter his home.

Po­lice say the man charged at him with an ob­ject, and PC Roach, a li­censed firearm user, said he feared for his life and opened fire.

Sandy was tak­en to the Scar­bor­ough Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he died while re­ceiv­ing treat­ment.

This in­ci­dent fol­lows the po­lice-in­volved shoot­ing in Bethel on April 25, 2025 of Ronelle Mar­celle, al­so known as “Rat­ty”.

A video showed Mar­celle in hand­cuffs be­fore he was shot. Po­lice claimed he at­tacked an of­fi­cer with a knife and cut­lass.

At the time, ACP Os­wain Subero de­fend­ed the po­lice, say­ing:

“Po­lice don’t just go around killing peo­ple.”

With an­oth­er fa­tal shoot­ing in To­ba­go, Po­lice Com­plaints Au­thor­i­ty di­rec­tor David West has raised con­cerns about the grow­ing use of force by po­lice on the is­land.