On Friday's newscast, 7News told you about 19 year-old Rasheed Eligio, the man who police shot to death in Punta Gorda after he escaped from custody.
Eligio was arrested for carnal knowledge and along with another prisoner, Brian Garcia, was being transported by bus to prison after being remanded.
According to police, Eligio and Garcia saw an opportunity to escape, and they bolted. 3 hours later, according to the officers, they tracked them down in the Carib Reserve Area. The fugitives saw the police and made an attempt to escape, which prompted the officers to open fire on them. One of those bullets fatally injured Eligio, and by the time he got to the PG Town Hospital, he was beyond help.
Police say that an internal investigation has been launched, but today 7News met Eligio's mother who has no doubt in her mind that police made a poor judgment call when they shot at both men.
Curtline Flores - Mother of Rasheed Eligio
"On Friday May 10th, my son was murdered by the polic in Punta Gorda. I said he was murdered because he was not armed, he was not convicted of any crime and he was running when the people shot and killed him. My son is not a killer, he's not a murdered, he's a nice person and I'm not here to criticize anyone - all we need is justice."
Daniel Ortiz
"How far are you guys going to press?"
Curtline Flores
"Well we're going to push this issue as far because it's not fair. We need justice and it's not fair to kill an innocent person because we know it's a human being."
Police have uncharacteristically released PC David Griffith's name as the officer who reported in that Eligio was shot when they made a run for it the second time.
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