Antigua and Barbuda: Minister Orders Probe into Fatal Police Shooting
Complaints from the Bolans community over the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Khalil Simon have reached the desk of National Security Minister Steadroy Benjamin.
The incident, which occurred last week, has triggered fierce debate about police conduct. Relatives say Simon was shot multiple times by a lone officer after police responded to a report of a domestic dispute. One of the shots struck him in the head. Witnesses insist he was given no chance to surrender and that lethal force was used prematurely.
Minister Benjamin, who oversees the police, confirmed he has ordered a full investigation and is awaiting a report from law enforcement and the Director of Public Prosecutions. “I’m asking the public don’t prejudge anything. Wait until all the facts are revealed,” he said, urging patience while the inquiry continues.
While calling the incident regrettable, the minister expressed confidence that officers acted with “prudence, diligence and professionalism.” He added that if flaws in procedure are identified, action will be taken.
Meanwhile, Simon’s family is considering legal options, including a potential lawsuit against both the police and the government. Relatives maintain that excessive force was used and that Simon, who died on his 18th birthday, was treated “like an animal” after being shot.
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This Mimister of Justice probably goes to work in a clown suit every day, you just decided the police acted with diligence, prudence and professionalism you have already given the verdict. IDIOT
Mommy said he was a good boy.
Waiting to hear that he was an altar boy who was at church daily. When in fact he has been terrorizing Jennings and Bolans for a while. The Police should have given him a chance to get his gun which was in the car and then do a proper shoot out like Dodge City in the wild, wild west.
Whenever Cutie speaks, it’s all a pappyshow designed to hush up the dince and dem. He needs to go and siddung in a pasture somewhere.
Acted properly with force? Wow. Head shot? Is acted professionally? This is crazy.
Did Cutie say the officers “act professionally in the conduct of their duties”?? Careless ministers there are. It’s not of their own so they don’t care
A thorough investigation with lies to protect the officers? I hope the family does take legal actions
Cutie Benjamin has some nerve. To come and say he has confidence in his officers. Man you directly wicked
This should have never happened in the first place
When that report will be … never .. this is just to hush the public .. keep waiting
Criminals get killed people curse police
Police don’t do anything about crime people curse police.
Mommy though said he was a good boy.
Now don’t get me wrong or misunderstand me when I say mention about this urgency to look into the police shooting, without doubt is the correct thing to do and investigate to ensure that the correct policing measures were in place at the time.
I welcome this URGENCY and input by the National Security Minister Steadroy Benjamin.
However, where is his URGENCY when Antiguans are crying out for in the worrying rise in gun crimes now plaguing us in the country.
Is this governance by whatever issue that may damage the ABLP or the authorities standing with the electorate?
THESE GUYS AREN’T FIT FOR PURPOSE…
Cutie de worst Justice Minister in the history of this country as a matter of fact de worst in the English speaking Caribean, we see it every day when we go to ANR, every day it’s all sorts of crime and he ain’t doing shit. Gaston fraid to move him because he knows of their plan to throw he overboard
@OTTO, and it’s statements like these that leads me to say if I was this boy’s father, I would find and kill that officer. Let me go jail go siddung. You all only want accountability when it hits home? Anything untowards happen to anyone I care about and I’m taking matters in my own hands. F**k the corrupt RPF.
And people in Antigua still listening to these fork tongue politicians.. 😂. Haven’t y’all heard enough to know that these fork tongue men in suits do not have any compassion?
” The officers acted professionally”..So these goon squad are professional killers sent out by Cutie huh?
Bwoi y’all salt under this dictator Government y’all have in this island..
They do anything and get away with it, any damn thing.
No accountability anywhere in this administration, but yet still y’all want the young men to listen to y’all lies over and over.
Salt salt salt..that’s Antigua right now.
If change don’t come quick and fast, Antigua is in deep deep trouble. We live in a world where hypocrites sit in the highest office.. these are the people who govern over us.
God help y’all.