Victim Of Fatal Police Shooting In Vieux Fort Identified

Police have identified the victim of a fatal officer-involved shooting in Vieux Fort on Tuesday as Jay-Z Joseph. According to a police release, the nineteen-year-old was a New Village, Castries, resident. The release said officers had responded to reports of armed males wearing face masks in Bruceville, Vieux Fort. An ambulance conveyed the male police shot to St. Jude Hospital, where he succumbed despite medical interventions. The police said they pursued but failed to apprehend another male individual. A relative told reporters she learned the police shot Jay-Z in the leg, initially indicating that the injury was not life-threatening. However, the relative said she also learned that the teenager bled to death during attempts to amputate his leg on Tuesday night. “We just hear the boy die this morning there,” she lamented. The relative described ‘Jay’ as an ‘okay boy’ who did not speak much but was always smiling. “To me, he was not a dangerous person. I think it’s the friends he choose,” she stated. The relative warned others against following bad company. Another relative who spoke anonymously declared that the family intends to have the police account for the fatal shooting. The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF)...