The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has returned the file in the matter of the alleged fatal friendly shooting of police sergeant Alex Vaughn to the police for the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) to conduct further investigation, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has told Stabroek News.
Vaughn was a part of a special Joint Services team on the hunt for prison escapee Akeem Wong, when he was fatally shot in the area of Karrau, in Region Seven.
A police constable was under close arrest assisting with the investigation, based on preliminary information that he allegedly and unintentionally fatally wounded Sergeant Vaughn on Tuesday March 12.
