So, as you heard in our story, the police's quick response to this mass shooting this weekend led to the rapid distribution of 3 wanted posters for their main suspects: Brian Andrews, Kenyon Moore, and Sherwin Moore, who are all residents of Sittee River.
The cops intercepted them yesterday afternoon in the vicinity of the Silk Grass community, and, tonight, they remain in custody until their arraignment in the Dangriga Magistrate's Court - which is expected tomorrow.
This morning, Police Commissioner Chester Williams outlined the investigation so far:
Chester Williams - Commissioner of Police
"In the wake of what transpired, we mobilized. I put together a senior investigation team headed by ACP Alden Dawson. I was also on the ground. So was Mr. Arzu, who is the Southern Regional Commander. And as much as Mr. Jones, who is the OC in Stann Creek, was injured., he too was still playing an active role in the investigation process. We did a number of things: ensure that we secured witnesses, ensure that we secured evidence, ensure that we secured video footage, and many other things to complement the investigation. What we want to do is to make sure we put together the best possible case so that when the time for trial comes, we can secure our conviction. We also installed within the Stann Creek District, in particular the Hopkins, Sittee River, and Silk Grass area, two separate teams on the SPU that were engaged in searching for the accused men. And so yesterday, we were on the Southern Highway in the vicinity of Silk Grass when police intercepted a vehicle driven by an attorney, and within the vehicle had three accused men. They were taken into custody. Their attorney was questioned, and he indicated that he was about to take the young men into police custody. We do believe his story because he had called about 40 minutes earlier, indicating that he was going to surrender the young men to the police. So, we do not believe that the attorney was in any way trying to hide these accused men. So, following them coming into custody, we sought to commence the interview process. As you would know, under the commissioner's guidelines, we must interview every suspect and take notes of evidence and or notes of the interview. That was being done, and the attorney told the accused men not to cooperate with the police investigation. And so, they chose to remain silent during the entire interview process. Notwithstanding that, we do have sufficient evidence, based on eyewitnesses as well as video footage, to indicate that these three young men are the culprits in respect to the shooting at the Wabinaha Nightclub in Hopkins Village. And so, this morning, what will be done is that the police will be conducting an ID parade, just to be sure. May I say that we do have witnesses who identify them positively, who knows them, but just to make sure we have additional eye witness testimony that can, we'll be able to allow other witnesses to identify them in court when the trial date comes. We're just making sure that we cover that loose end by having other witnesses partake in it to identify them as well. And once that is done, then we proceed to the charges against these young men."
