Police are awaiting legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as to how to proceed in the Travis Parks shooting to death case.
This was disclosed by a police source. When asked about the matter, the source said that the police had not received the file from the DPP’s Chambers, where it had been sent for advice.
Parks, a 22-year-old minibus conductor was shot in his back on April 27 at Tiger Bay, allegedly by a MMC Security Force guard after being asked about a gold chain, which he reportedly denied knowing anything about.
According to residents after being pulled out of a bushy lot where he had gone to relieve himself and accused of stealing the gold chain, Parks was shot in the back as he was being led to the security firm’s vehicle. He was reportedly kicked and hit by the four guards, who were in brown and green uniforms, before being shot. A post-mortem examination revealed that he died as a result of a single gunshot wound to his abdomen.Residents said that after Parks was shot, the men picked up the bullet casing and got into their vehicle and drove away despite pleas for them to assist. Parks was eventually transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital by another vehicle, and he succumbed while receiving treatment. MMC had declined to comment until the completion of the police investigations into the matter. The guard, who allegedly fired the fatal shot had been detained by police but later released on station bail.
Meanwhile, a relative of Parks told Stabroek News that nothing further had been heard from the police about the matter. The relative said MMC had stood all the funeral expenses for Parks after the family asked it to do so. The relative disclosed that family members were set to have another meeting with the company shortly.
