The file concerning the shooting incident which claimed the life of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan on March 21 has been returned to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), according to information related by police to the Sunday Stabroek yesterday.
On April 2, this newspaper had reported that the parents of Jagnandan were demanding answers from the police over the circumstances of the death of their son.
The guard who was a suspect in the matter, was arrested at Vigilance Police Station and the shotgun lodged along with five live cartridges and one spent shell. He is no longer in police custody
The police in a statement had said that they were investigating the shooting which occurred at about 11.10 am on March 21 at Shaf Auto Sales located at Lot 157 Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. The incident involved a 20-year-old security officer attached to Cerberus Security Service, who was armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, which is owned by the security company and was used in the shooting death of Jagnandan.
Avalon Jagnandan, in an interview with Stabroek News had stated that the post-mortem examination showed that his son died from multiple gunshot wounds.
The distraught father had told this newspaper that according to doctors, his 18-year-old son would have been alive today if only his employer, Shafeer Khan, had taken the teen to the nearest medical facility instead of relying on Cerberus Security Service.
