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Volume: 123 No. 84, Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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US CALLS FOR JUSTICE WITHOUT DELAY American Embassy urges Bahamian police to work swiftly in probe of Pike worker’s fatal shooting by an off-duty officer By RASHAD ROLLE Tribune News Editor rrolle@tribunemedia.net THE United States Embassy has urged Bahamian authorities to ensure justice “without delay” after an American Pike Corporation worker was shot dead by an off-duty police officer
on Saturday, as new details emerged suggesting the victim – who leaves behind a four-months pregnant wife – had only gone to the scene to pick up relatives. Just 31 hours later, another fatal shooting involving an off-duty officer unfolded early Monday on Village Road near Montagu
RBPF STATEMENTS IN DEADLY POLICE ENCOUNTERS SLAMMED By JADE RUSSELL Tribune Staff Reporter jrussell@tribunemedia.net HUMAN Rights Bahamas has decried how the Royal Bahamas Police Force describes fatal police-involved shootings in the immediate aftermath, saying early accounts tend to favour the officer involved, undermining confidence in investigations. The group said recent police accounts of deadly encounters — all of which involved off-duty officers
— have followed a pattern in which the officer’s version of events is quickly accepted and communicated to the public. “The police must not present the account of a shooter, any shooter, as established fact in the early stages of an investigation,” HRB said in a statement. “That is not their role, and it risks prejudicing both the process and public perception.” HRB pointed to RIGHTS - SEE PAGE TWO
Beach - the third such killing by armed off-duty officers this year. In Saturday’s shooting, dash camera footage from the Pike vehicle the victim was driving could prove critical, a close friend of his believes. JUSTICE - SEE PAGE TWO
AMERICAN Pike Corporation worker Cody Castillo (31) pictured with his wife Makayla (who is four months pregnant) and their two dogs.
Second fatal shooting by off-duty officer in two days A SECOND fatal police-involved shooting involving an off-duty officer in two days has left a 48-year-old man dead, intensifying scrutiny of the use of force. Police said the incident occurred shortly after 1am on Monday on Village
Road. An off-duty officer was walking south with a group when he became involved in a verbal altercation with a motorist travelling north. According to police, the motorist exited his vehicle armed with a cutlass and struck the officer in
the back, causing injury. Police said the officer, fearing for his life, drew his service weapon and fired, fatally wounding the man. Emergency medical services responded and determined the man showed no signs of life.
The injured officer was taken to hospital. His condition was not known up to press time. A source said the deceased is 47-year-old Michael Russell and that the dispute began at the OFF-DUTY - SEE PAGE TWO
ADVOCATES BLAST PMH AFTER DEAF PATIENT IS DENIED INTERPRETER By LYNAIRE MUNNINGS Tribune Staff Reporter lmunnings@tribunemedia.net A DEAF woman was unable to understand her treatment or communicate with doctors at Princess Margaret Hospital after a car accident, a case advocates say exposes serious gaps in how Deaf patients
are treated in the healthcare system more than a decade after the law guaranteed equal access to care and information. The Bahamas National Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing said the experience of Ginika Gibson highlights “serious DEAF - SEE PAGE FOUR
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