(Trinidad Express) A Pleasantville man was fatally shot in Cocoyea, San Fernando yesterday afternoon during an altercation allegedly over a parking spot with an off-duty police officer.
Jamie Walker, 39, a father of four, of Orchid Gardens, died at the scene of the shooting in the car park of WE Supermarket at Naparima Mayaro Road.
His wife, Heather Cedeno-Walker, was in shock as she told reporters that three of the children were seated in the family’s car when the shooting occurred mere feet from them.
Cedeno-Walker said, “I am confused. Everything happened so fast. When the shots fired the three children started to bawl ‘Daddy! Daddy!’.
She added, “I asked him (the off-duty officer) how could he do this. He told me I is a police officer and showed me his badge”.
A senior police officer of the Southern Police Division told the Express that the off-duty police officer was not detained last evening, but investigations are continuing into the incident.
The officer is attached to the Guard and Emergency Branch (GEB).
Video footage circulating showed the altercation and when the off-duty police officer drew the
