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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Af­ter­math of San­do shoot­ing

Cop goes on sick leave

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One of the po­lice of­fi­cers in­volved in the shoot­ing in­ci­dent which claimed the life of San Fer­nan­do res­i­dent Adelle Gilbert on Thurs­day has pro­ceed­ed on sick leave. The oth­er of­fi­cers are still on the job. No one could say how many of­fi­cers were in­volved in the in­ci­dent.

T&T Guardian was told that the of­fi­cer who has gone on sick leave was in­volved in an al­ter­ca­tion with Gilbert's com­mon-law wife, Al­isha Richards.

Act­ing Supt Yusuff Gaf­far who has been ap­point­ed to head the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to Gilbert's death is still com­pil­ing the file to send to the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions, sources said.

Yes­ter­day, Gilbert's grand­moth­er Daphne Gilbert, 74, who had to be hos­pi­talised af­ter she was as­sault­ed by a po­lice of­fi­cer dur­ing the melee on Thurs­day was still trau­ma­tised.

The grand­moth­er of 22 and great grand­moth­er of eight, who was dis­charged from the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter be­ing treat­ed for an in­jury to her chest, broke down in tears at her Lau­rence Street, San Fer­nan­do, home yes­ter­day where the in­ci­dent took place.

Min­utes be­fore the shoot­ing, she said peo­ple in the area saw one of the po­lice­men wear­ing a wig on top of a tall com­mer­cial build­ing op­er­at­ing a drone which was fly­ing from rooftop to rooftop. When Gilbert saw the po­lice, she said he ran.

"I could not move at all be­cause all I hear is bul­lets. I was stand­ing by the door­way and the po­lice want­ed to pass."

She said the po­lice of­fi­cer cursed her and hit her on her left breast and she felt in­stant pain.

"No­body ever treat me like this," she said, adding af­ter Gilbert was shot, "The of­fi­cer say he go­ing home and sleep com­fort­able. That break my heart."

Richards, who was al­so tak­en by the po­lice to hos­pi­tal for treat­ment, was charged with as­sault­ing a po­lice­man and grant­ed bail on Fri­day.


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