We also asked the Police head table about their internal investigation into the controversial shooting of PG resident Mario Vernon the Third.
Now, as you will remember, the initial police version on the case was that Police Constable Tevin Aranda, who is facing a manslaughter charge, had to shoot Vernon because he was armed. A weapon was found on the scene, but Vernon's family and friends insist that it was planted in an attempt to justify the deadly use of force.
So, we asked the head of NCIB about it, and his response was brief:
Reporter
"The account was that this gentleman Mr. Mario Vernon had a weapon on him, that's an element that the family disputes strenuously and so we are trying to find out if your investigators handling the case had been able to determine if that is indeed factual or fiction?"
ACP Joseph Myvette - OC. NCIB
"I must say that this a continued and an ongoing investigation and as I previously mentioned in the previous interviews that all leads and any information that comes to the police department, we are following."
The Vernon and Usher families will hold a protest in PG in his honor this Saturday.
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