Shot dead
Police officers conducting a crime scene investigation at Sargeants Village, Christ Church, where John Kellman, was shot to deat (Nigel Browne)
Wed, May 18, 2011 - 12:04 AM
A CHRIST CHURCH man, who stabbed a policeman in the face, was shot to death a stone’s throw away from his home in Bartletts Tenantry, Sargeants Village.
Scores of residents converged on the crime scene just after 4 p.m. when news spread that 40-year-old John “Stokes” Kellman was fatally shot in the chest after a confrontation with two law officers.
Reports indicate that two officers, one in uniform, the other in plainclothes, were carrying out investigations in the area, when they were allegedly attacked by Kellman.
Police public relations officer Inspector David Welch said that Kellman reportedly stabbed police officer Ricardo Connell, a constable attached to the Worthing Station, and was about to injure the other officer, “when both fearing for their lives, discharged their firearms, [and] the man was shot and died on the scene”.
Kellman’s girlfriend Tasha Mason, an employee of Chefette Rockley, broke down on arrival at the scene. (MK)
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Why were the children not immediately removed from that horrific violent crime scene? The picture in the Nation today shows two young children on the porch and they can see the uncovered dead body in the grass in front of them. Why were these children not protected from seeing this? Will they be provided counselling? Where are their parents? If these children are not properly counselled, this horror will live with them for the rest of their lives.
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Comment LinkA question for the commissioner.
Did we need all five policemen to guard the dead man?
Could not one of them have been used to remove those young children from the scene?
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Comment LinkA question to Mr.Whittaker. Did you find out if or why the photographer not have the children removed before he took the shot ?What has that to do with Mr Dottin.Adults are there or nearby , why don’t you go and ask them why ?
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Comment LinkIs this a crime scene, why is it not protected? so many people there are contaminating the crime scene. Come on guys the first rule at a crime scene or you new detective didn’t learn that.
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Comment LinkFrom all appearances, this was still an active crime scene of which the police had control at the time when the photograph was taken. I don’t know of the procedures in Barbados but perhaps in other jurisdictions, the officer in charge would be expected to direct the removal of persons from the scene. With regard to the children, an officer with the appropriate training would have been aware that it was not suitable for them to remain in that environment.
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