The po­lice of­fi­cer in­volved in the shoot­ing death of his col­league, Ja­mal Charles, re­mains in po­lice cus­tody.

The of­fi­cer, who is be­ing rep­re­sent­ed by at­tor­neys Stef­fon Boodooram and Nala Poodan, has been in cus­tody since Fri­day af­ter he was dis­charged from the hos­pi­tal.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that the of­fi­cer has not giv­en the po­lice a state­ment and is as­sist­ing with the in­ves­ti­ga­tions. Po­lice are ex­pect­ed to ap­proach the of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions lat­er this week for ad­vice on how to pro­ceed.

Mean­while, Charles will be laid to rest to­day, Tues­day, and will re­ceive a par­tial mil­i­tary send-off af­ter his fu­ner­al at Nur-E-Is­lam Mosque in El So­cor­ro.

Charles, who was a mu­nic­i­pal po­lice of­fi­cer, was shot dead around 3.25 pm last Thurs­day while on sen­try du­ty at the head of­fice of the Min­istry of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment at Kent House, Mar­aval. Charles, the fa­ther of a five-year-old girl, was shot in the neck and died at the scene. His au­top­sy stat­ed he died from shock and he­m­or­rhage con­sis­tent with a gun­shot wound to the head and face.

Charles was shot while he and his col­league were sup­pos­ed­ly play­ing with their Glock pis­tols at the guard booth at the min­istry.