Jury Finds Police Shooting Was Homicide By Manslaughter

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – A Coroner’s Court jury has classified the fatal police shooting of Deangelo Evans in 2018 as homicide by manslaughter.

Evans was shot dead on May 27, 2018 after he allegedly pointed a .40mm pistol at Corporal Donald Wright and Inspector Akeem Wilson.

A coroner’s jury does not find anyone guilty of a crime. It will be up to the Director of Public Prosecutions to decide if anyone will be charged after a review of the case file.

The officers were dispatched to the Mason’s Addition area in search of a suspect who had robbed Taylor’s Convenience on Burial Ground Corner.

Wright said they saw two suspects and Wilson used the unmarked police SUV to cut them off at Sandy Lane.

Wright claimed that while Wilson searched one of the men, he saw Evans pull a gun from his waist.

He claimed that he feared for his safety and that of his partner, so he fired multiple shots from his 9mm service revolver.

Wright said Evans fell to the ground and Wilson kicked the gun away from Evans’ body before asking police control room to send an ambulance.

He said a crowd gathered and people cursed and threatened the officers.

However, a civilian witness claimed that Evans was unarmed when police officers shot him multiple times.