It's hard not to note that last night's shooting coincided with the end of the state of emergency and the release of about 30 gang affiliated detainees from the Martin's area.
Commissioner Williams says those just released gang affiliates are not implicated in this most recent shooting:
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"This person who was involved in that incident last night person who were a part of the state of emergency. Prior to these persons released yesterday there was a meeting held with them with different agencies including police and just to make sure that they were in a state of readiness to be released into the public. They are going to hold their corner at least for now and I said to the officer who attended the meeting with them that to convey that even though they are released now, if it is that they would want to start their foolishness again, I will be more than happy to write to the prime minister and request for them to be sent back to prison and if it is that were to happen, it will certainly be more than 30 days this time. So, I wouldn't want to attribute what happened last night to them. It will be unfair. You would know that the Antelope Extension area has been a problematic area for quite some time now and it is an area we are looking at seriously at, at this time. If it is that we need to invoke the SOE on them and send them away like what we did to those in the Martin's area, then we will do so."
