Police Inspector October shot dead
Tenth cop killed since April
By Kim Lucas
Police Inspector Leyland October was last night gunned down outside a shop on Russell Street, Georgetown, bringing this year’s toll of cops murdered to 10.
October’s killing followed closely on the heels of the murder of Detective Constable Feroze Bashir who was attacked by a gunman on August 27 outside the Buxton home of his pregnant girlfriend. October is the second highest rank of the force to be killed since April. The highest ranking officer was Superintendent Leon Fraser. Another policemen, Corporal Adrian London was slain in circumstances similar to October’s as he made his way home.
The 49-year-old October, a former court prosecutor, was in charge of the Police Impact Base at Brickdam Station at the time of his death.