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Woman Cop Tried To Take Away Gun, Her Boyfriend Shot
posted (September 14, 2015)
Police swarmed the city streets during the carnival for public safety - but when the cops returned to their usual numbers in the post carnival craziness, three people were shot in the city.

The first case involves a fearless police woman - who tried to take a weapon off the street all on her own. It happened on Currasow Street around 9:40 when well-known officer Christine Avila struggled with the man who had the gun - but he got away - and then fired shots at her and her boyfriend, Joseph Debride - who was shot in the neck but survived. Police filled in the blanks today:..

Sr. Supt. Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Div. Southside
"It was not a case where the police was targeted but what happened? A female police officer was socializing on Curassow Street along with her boyfriend, when a male person came, who said that he had a firearm on him. Well the police officer being the person she is, she is a very active and energetic police officer. She tried to apprehend the person with the firearm and they got into a struggle. Her boyfriend came to assist her and in that process the person got away and whilst he was leaving, he took out the firearm and the firearm shots at them hitting the Debride at the neck."

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