Attorneys write CoP, PCA on Moruga shootings

The attorneys are calling for disclosure about the police investigations thus far. Rodriguez, 24, and Thomas, 29, of Fifth Company Branch Road, were at a bar when, during an altercation, Rodriguez was shot at close range.

Thomas sustained gunshot wounds in the melee.

Two letters were sent on Monday, the first to Williams and the other to West. Attorney Vivek Lakhan-Joseph instructing attorney Dinesh Rambally, called for a fair, thorough and impartial investigation into the shooting.

The letter stated that relatives of the brothers have instructed the attorneys to write to Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard to request that criminal proceedings be initiated against the police officer.

And in the event that happens, Rambally and Lakhan-Joseph will be seeking formal authorisation to prosecute the policeman.

In their letter to the commissioner, the attorneys requested that they be furnished with the names, regimental numbers and statements of police officers who are involved in the investigations.

Reports, documents, memos and any material including tape recordings, photographs, videotapes, movies, charts, graphs, diagrams pertaining to the incident should be furnished as well. They are also seeking the names and addresses of witnesses, details of the weapon used, bullet fragments, photographs and all information contained in computers of the respective police departments concerning the investigation of the incident.

The attorneys have advised West to investigate the shooting as well as probe the investigations that have been conducted into the shooting thus far.