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PM: ‘BADGE CANNOT BE ABOVE THE LAW’ Fatal shooting by off-duty officer now being treated as criminal investigation By LEANDRA ROLLE Tribune Chief Reporter lrolle@tribunemedia.net
POLICE superintendent Berniel Pinder, the officer being questioned in connection with the fatal shooting of American Cody Castillo. The incident is now a criminal investigation.
PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis yesterday called for a review of firearm policies for off-duty police officers as it was revealed the fatal shooting of an American Pike Corporation worker is being treated as a criminal investigation. “The badge can never place anyone above the law,” Mr Davis said after Cody Castillo, 31, and
another man, Michael Russell, a 48-year-old father-of-three, were both shot dead by off-duty officers in separate incidents just a day apart. Mr Davis’ call for a review of firearm policies, including the use of less-lethal options for police officers, was questioned by the Free National Movement, which warned that such calls often amount to “public relations exercises that lead to nowhere.” BADGE - SEE PAGE TWO
CODY Castillo with his pregnant wife Makayla.
Emera say GB Power OFFICER WATCHED AS MAN HACKED Brother ‘shocked’ at police sale not finalised yet DOOR WITH MACHETE, VIDEO SHOWS account of fatal shooting By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor nhartnell@tribunemedia.net GRAND Bahama Power Company’s owner has confirmed its sale to the Government has yet to be finalised as an ex-prime minister joined the Opposition’s leader in calling for Bahamian investors to be offered shares in the utility once any
deal closes. Dr Hubert Minnis and Michael Pintard each separately urged the Government not to retain 100 percent of GB Power but, instead, steadily reduce its stake post-acquisition by issuing shares to Bahamian institutional and retail investors.
By EARYEL BOWLEG Tribune Staff Reporter ebowleg@tribunemedia.net
A POLICE officer purportedly stood by as a man hacked at a home’s front door with a machete, despite protests from a woman who said the property was hers, a viral video shows.
The footage, widely shared on social media, shows a police truck with flashing lights parked outside a residence as the incident unfolds. In the video, a man repeatedly strikes the door with a machete while the person filming questions OFFICER - SEE PAGE THREE
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SCREEN capture of man attemtping to break through door with a cutlass as police looks on.
By KEILE CAMPBELL Tribune Staff Reporter kcampbell@tribunemedia.net THE brother of a fatherof-three fatally shot by an off-duty police officer on Monday said the account police gave does not reflect the man he knew. Ishmel Rolle said his 48-year-old brother, Michael Russell, was a “loving person” with daughters — ages 19, 9 and 6 — who was not known for violence or confrontation. “He don’t do things like that,” Mr Rolle said. “To just go to a bar, have a cutlass in his hand and go behind someone? That’s really out of character.” Mr Rolle, 45, said his brother worked as a waiter at Atlantis for about 30 years and would not have risked his job by engaging in such conduct. He said the family was devastated by the news. Two of Russell’s daughters live abroad. “It was very heartbreaking for them when they
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MICHAEL RUSSELL received the news,” Mr Rolle said. “They broke down into tears.” According to police, the VICTIM - SEE PAGE THREE