The police have a man in custody as they investigate an incident which left an elderly man dead in San Sauveur.
The incident took place at around 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 30, police PRO Pellam Jno Baptiste said.
During the incident, Rogecien Laurent, 61, of Petite Soufriere sustained an injury to his chest and was pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
The man in custody is from San Sauveur and he has not been charged.
A coroner’s inquest will be convened in the matter and investigations are ongoing, Jno Baptiste said.
Anyone with information that can assist the police in their investigations should call the Criminal Investigations Department at 266-5164, 266-5165, 255-5119 or Crime Stoppers Dominica at 1-800-8477.
When one calls 911 the operator should be trained to inform someone what to do in the event of an emergency for example, if someone is unconscious how should you lift the person etc. Basic things like this.
I mean these are basic things we can do to improve our health sector. We are not thinking about the well being of Dominica, it’s only politics like the Lord’s Prayer every bloody day.
So sorry the man lost his life over nothing, those policeman and everybody know that the young man is mentally mad so maybe soon or later he will be on the road walking up and down. They really need to keep those types mental people in a safe place and off the streets.
Dno. .. an elderly man of 61 years? According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary,the term “elderly” refers to someone past middle age. The same dictionary defines middle age as: “the period of life from about 45 to about 64”.
Nevertheless a rather tragic loss of life to family and friends of this unfortunate soul. I pray God’s peace and comfort to them all well as a speedy and successful investigation by the Police.
Some people have no respect for human life. They do not even consider themselves that, they want to live and so do others but will not allow others to live. As well, they think nothing of also injuring others. These people should be put away for life. They deprive the victim of his life as they are free to walk around and be out on bail. It should be taken seriously by the Court that they have forfeited their right to be out in the public mainstream. Keep them incarcerated. This is what they deserve.
I get the impression that crime is on the rise in Dominica.. Do we have any statistics??
It seems like you want to blame others for waht hapened
I suggest they free this gentleman ASAP! It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to carry on with the sham of a justice system, when we all know that he will be freed on some technicality. Every other cold-blooded murder is freed, so why should this case be any different?
He is in custody is good , is the chief of police gonna provide the police officers in the rural area vehicles , and the proper tools to do there job?, this man life could have been avoided if the police had transportation at the station to get to the that mad man running around with a knife looking to kill some innocent civilian, the police said they had no ride to get to the perpetrator, Mr Cabon, the chief of police is good at closing the barn after the horses got out , sir all this is on your watch, hope you are reading the post people are posting, what a legacy , is that how you want to be remembered ?.
Maybe I’m just getting older, but I don’t think of a 61 year old man as “elderly”.
Disgusted with all these crimes. People please learn to reason and not kill each other. Please update the happening of the incident. We are now in the 2nd day of May 2017 How could this have happened
May 30th?