Tiger Bay shooting death case awaiting DPP’s advice

Police are awaiting legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as to how to proceed in the Travis Parks shooting to death case.

This was disclosed by a police source. When asked about the matter, the source said that the police had not received the file from the DPP’s Chambers, where it had been sent for advice.

Parks, a 22-year-old minibus conductor was shot in his back on April 27 at Tiger Bay, allegedly by a MMC Security Force guard after being asked about a gold chain, which he reportedly denied knowing anything about.

According to residents after being pulled out of a bushy lot where he had gone to relieve himself and accused of stealing the gold chain, Parks was shot in the back as he was being led to the security firm’s vehicle. He was reportedly kicked and hit by the four guards, who were in brown and green uniforms, before being shot. A post-mortem examination revealed that he died as a result of a single gunshot wound to his abdomen.