September Trial Date Set For Officers Accused Of Fatally Shooting Azario Major

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The manslaughter trial of three police officers accused of the fatal shooting of Azario Major outside a bar is now scheduled to start in September.

The trial of Sergeant Antoine Sweeting, Sergeant Jamal Johnson, and Corporal Deangelo Rolle was expected to begin before Justice Guillimina Archer-Minns today.

The officers have elected to be tried by Archer-Minns and not a jury of their peers.

The officers say they were in fear of their lives after 31-year-old Major allegedly pointed a gun at them while in a rental car outside of Woody’s Bar on December 26, 2021.

The DPP filed charges after a coroner’s jury ruled Major’s death a homicide.