Police Commissioner Gary Griffith yesterday presented a graphic which suggested 14-year-old Naomi Nelson may have been killed by a bullet to the head from an illegal gun fired by Carenage residents and not the police. However, he refused to be pressed into confirming what the graphic seemed to be suggesting, saying he would leave it up to the public to decide.
Speaking at the weekly media briefing at the Police Administration Building in Port-of-Spain, Griffith said it was not his officers that drew first blood before showing the media a screen that depicted an image showing the position of officers and alleged gang members at the shooting scene last Friday night at Big Yard, Carenage.
He explained that the officers entered the area from the Western Main Road and headed north in their unmarked vehicle when they were allegedly fired upon by the alleged gang members on the block, who were facing south. Using the image to explain further, he said the teen was behind the police vehicle when the shooting started, suggesting she would have been behind the officers and facing the alleged gang members who were shooting at the police.(Trinidad Guardian)…[+]
