28/12/2023

Fatally Shot Detained Identified

By RSLPF

About 12:40 p.m. on Thursday, December 28, 2023, officers attached to the Choiseul Police Station
were involved in an incident which resulted in the fatal shooting of a male. Officers detained Sylvester Modeste alias Jumper of Cafeiere, Choiseul, after he brutally attacked his former domestic partner with a cutlass on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The injured female is currently admitted at the St. Jude Hospital, expected to undergo surgery in due course.

While in police custody, Modeste attempted to escape and assaulted two officers in the process. The
altercation resulted in Modeste being shot. Medical assistance was sought, and he was formally
pronounced dead by a medical practitioner.

Investigations are ongoing in this matter.