The 32-year-old Police Sergeant, Jermaine Semple, who was nursing a gunshot wound to his head after he was allegedly shot by his cousin last Sunday in Linden, succumbed to his injuries yesterday afternoon while being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Commander of Regional Police Division #10, Senior Superintendent Hugh Winter confirmed that Semple died late Friday afternoon at the institution.
Semple’s cousin, 27-year-old Fawazz McRae, a building contractor of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, who allegedly shot him, was on Wednesday charged and remanded to prison for attempted murder and the matter was adjourned until March 29th when he will appear again.
Police enquiries had revealed that at about 21:00 hours on Sunday, Semple, who is stationed at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU), was with his brother Dervon Semple and cousin McRae at the Crown and Anchor Grill and Bar in Linden when the two Semples got into a fight.
The police had said that McRae then attempted to ‘part’ the fracas between the brothers but a further fight then ensued between him and the now dead Semple which resulted in McRae taking out his .32 licensed handgun and allegedly discharging two rounds in Semple’s direction, one of which struck him in his head.
The police sergeant was rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex but was transferred to the GPH and admitted in a serious condition where he died yesterday afternoon.
