| The police handling of an incident that left a young Wismar, Linden resident dead and a policeman battling for his life, has come in for severe criticism from relatives of both men.Victor FausetteIn the aftermath of the shooting, Marcel Bobb, the mother of the badly wounded policeman, was not too pleased with the way the police administration had initially treated her son.On the other hand, Vera Sandy is blaming the ranks at Linden for not dealing with the arrest of her son, Egan Richards, in a professional manner, thus leading to him shooting the policeman and his eventual demise.On Sunday, a party of policemen trailed Richards to his house at One Mile extension, Wismar and shot him dead, minutes after he had relieved Constable Victor Fausette of his service revolver and shot him in his head at the Wisroc Police Outpost.The police say they had initially arrested Richards at the request of his relatives.But relatives have denied this saying that they merely called them to assist them get Richards to the Mackenzie Hospital for psychiatric attention since he was behaving out of the ordinary.Richards’s mother, Vera Sandy, said that he was the third of her seven children. He became mentally ill several months ago, the result of him being lost for seven days in the interior, where he had been working.“He walked all the way from Mowasi Landing to here, and since then he start tripping out, but he wasn’t a violent person- he never trouble anybody. I never mek me son like dat,” she declared.Sandy said that contrary to reports in the media, her son was not armed with a cutlass, prior to being takenEgan Richardsinto police custody. He had in his possession a piece of wood which his sister used to wrap crochet thread.“We call the police to help we get he to the hospital, for some injection to quiet he down, because he was chasing we out de house. They didn’t have to carry he to the station; what he needed was help.”She blamed the police for the way they handled her son while transporting him from his home.“The police were very unprofessional; they carried me son to the station and they didn’t even handcuff he. They just throw he in the vehicle just like that. If they de handcuff he, he woulda be alive today,” Sandy told this newspaper.The police in a press release issued shortly after the incident said, “The circumstances are not yet clear, but while in custody at the Outpost, Regan Richards managed to overpower Police Constable Victor Fausette and take away his service revolver. He then shot the police rank above his left ear and escaped with the firearm.”Kaieteur News understands that another rank had arrested Richards and had brought him to the outpost. The rank then left Richards in Fausette’s custody, without placing the prisoner in a cell. It is alleged that Constable Fausette was attempting to place Richards in the lockups, when the mentally ill man attacked the rank, relieved him of his firearm, and shot him in the head.Nearby residents reportedly heard the gunshot and saw Fausette stagger out of the police outpost before collapsing.He was rushed to the Mackenzie Hospital, before being transferred late Sunday night to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.Vera explained that after the police arrested her son,Fernando Rodney Jersey, she and other relatives went to two police stations, Mackenzie and Wismar, to ensure that Richards was okay.Sandy said that they were finally told that he was at the Wisroc Police outpost.However a visit to that outpost also proved futile as Richards was not there.Sandy said when they returned home, they were surprised to see that the police had barricaded the premises.“They kill me son right in this house, because if you see how the house tumble up,NFL Jerseys Cheap,” she said.One eye witness claimed, “I see Egan walking with the gun behind he back and he was very calm, then he go in the house.”Shortly after police reportedly converged on the scene, and there was a rapid exchange of gunfire.An ambulance was later called to the scene,Artemi Panarin Jersey, but subsequently left and the hearse was called in. It took Richards’s body to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.The police service revolver with six spent shells was recovered.Several bullets from at least two different caliber weapons were also found in the Richards’ house.Meanwhile,NFL Jerseys China Online, as the young badly wounded Constable Fausette lies in the GPHC’s Intensive Care Unit, battling for his life, his mother Marcel Bobb has been undergoing a battle of her own.The woman told Kaieteur News that up to late yesterday afternoon, no one from the police administration had visited her son or spoken to her, personally.The woman who resides at Number 8 Village,NFL Jerseys Cheap China, West Coast Berbice, stated that she visited her son yesterday and he was still in a critical condition.Bobb said that Fausette briefly opened his eyes but she could not say if he recognised her.She said she was at home on Sunday when her cousin who was visiting, got a phone call. Bobb said that she eavesdropped on the conversation when she heard her cousin say something about her son.“I say, ‘wha happen to me son?’ Then my cousin told me that her niece in Linden called and tell her that my son get shoot,Marlon Humphrey Jersey,” Bobb recalled.She lamented the fact that her son who was a member of the Force for the past three years was manning the outpost by himself.“Many times he would tell me that he alone had to work at the outpost. You can’t have a young policeman alone in a station. Tell me if them thing could be right.” Bobb stated.“I depend on my son…don’t mind how little he give me. Right now I’m in tears,” Bobb said. |
