PG Police shot and killed a man today. Rahseed Eligio was arrested for having several sexual encounters with a 15 year old girl. That was two days ago, and this morning at 5:00 am, he was being escorted to prison, by James Bus. Eligio was handcuffed to and another prisoner, Brian Garcia – who is accused of the same crime in Punta Gorda Town. They were both remanded to prison, but police say Eligio and Garcia bolted and escaped. A police report says that 3 hours later at 8:30 am, Constable David Griffith called the police station to say that they had caught Eligio but shot him in the process. Apparently police tracked them down in the Carib Reserve Area. Police say they fled, and they fired shots – one of them caught Eligio in the left side. He was taken to the Punta Gorda Town Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A internal investigation has been launched into the shooting Elijio's death.
Police have not said Griffith is the shooter, but, they did officially release his name. And that name is familiar, because Teddy Murillo's family claimed Griffith was involved in the 21 year old's murder in Belize City in 2010. As a consequence of the hostility arising from that, Griffith was transferred to Punta Gorda. Additionally, Murillo's cousin Patrick Menzies recently knocked Griffith out in Belize City, for which Menzies was charged with wounding.
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