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We’ve confirmed with San Ignacio Police that investigators want to put 4 of their officers in an identification parade in an effort to move forward with their inquiry into who shot 19 year-old Elston Arnold. Â But the suspect cops seem to be dodging, and getting them together has proven difficult, our reports suggest. 

Inspector Reymundo Reyes told us this evening that a request has been made to the Director of Public Prosecutions to inform these officers of the intent to put them in the parade. That’s where it’s at tonight, and to ensure that there is no mishandling of the investigation, police are moving very cautiously.

As to that issue with the pellets not being retrieved yet for ballistics testing, Reyes told us that he will be personally visiting the Western Regional Hospital to find out from the doctor who attended to Arnold where those pellets are.

As we’ve told you, Arnold’s family claims that he and several other men were heading home to Unitedville early last week Monday when they were stopped by a police mobile. One his cousins exchanged words with one of the 4 officers, and when Arnold attempted to walk away, one of the officers reportedly shot him in the back with a shotgun.

They then left him on the side of the road, and a Justice of the Peace had to rush him to the Western Regional Hospital.