By PAVEL BAILEY
FOUR police officers were charged with manslaughter yesterday in connection with the shooting death of Danrico Alexander Carey.
Officers Archibald Miller, 29, Thomas Thurston Jr, 30, Lee Dormeus, 29, and Kevin Greenslade, 29, appeared before Senior Magistrate Derence A Rolle Davis to answer to the manslaughter charges relating to Carey’s death on November 13, 2021 in Nassau Village.
According to an official police report released after the incident, officers were responding to reports of a suspect in possession of a firearm near an establishment on Alexandria Boulevard shortly after 3am.
Once on the scene, the suspect was identified and he was approached by officers as he was getting into his car. The officers then tried to have the suspect stop and get out of his vehicle with their service weapons drawn which caused the man to speed off in his vehicle towards the officers, the police report alleged.
Fearing for their lives, the officers discharged their weapons at the car, but the suspect was able to evade the shots and flee the scene.
During their subsequent pursuit of the suspect’s vehicle, the man crashed into a vehicle on Matthew Street and came to a stop. As officers approached the suspect after the crash, they claimed he brandished a firearm leading them to shoot at him.
Carey was hit and later pronounced dead at the scene by Emergency Medical Services.
The four officers have been suspended from duty since December 2021 as an official investigation into the incident was underway.
In court, the officers were told that due to the nature of their charges they would not be required to enter a plea at this time.
The senior magistrate told the accused they have the right to apply to the Supreme Court for bail. Until it is granted to them, they will be remanded to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services to await trial.
Their next court date is set for April 25.
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