Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday said that there is insufficient evidence to implicate  the suspect identified in the killing of policeman Vickram Singh and the Force has since been advised to conduct further investigations.

Responding to questions following the appointment of thirteen  cadet officers, Greene said that several persons were held including one who was in the area last Friday when the incident occurred.

He said it doesn’t appear that there is enough evidence to pursue charges in that matter. He said that there was some doubt as to the suspect’s role and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has since advised that the police do some more investigation.

Greene explained that the man told investigators that “he was running after the bandit and was not with the bandit”. The Commissioner added that the man had said that he saw what was happening in the area of the joint services housing scheme and he came running towards the bandits. “He even said that he assisted the police to pick up the radio set and so on”, he said.

According to Greene, wanted man Tyrone `Cobra’ Rowe is not being linked o the incident.

Police in their press release, just over two hours after the 8 pm incident, had said that Constable 20740 Singh was shot and killed during efforts to apprehend the perpetrator of an attempted robbery. The statement added that information was received that Singh observed the attempted robbery and responded when he was shot by an armed man who then ran away. Singh who is originally from Corentyne, Berbice, died while receiving medical attention at the Davis Memorial Hospital.

One resident told this newspaper one day after the killing that she saw a group of men running towards the entrance of the scheme and at that moment Singh, who was wearing his Khaki police uniform, was coming out of a shop located across the road from the security hut. The woman said that seconds later she heard three gunshots and when she peeped up the road she saw the policeman lying on the roadway. Some of the men ran into the scheme while the others turned around and escaped through a cross street, she added.

The woman said that from all appearances the men had just committed a crime and were trying to escape when they came face to face with the policeman. Some in the area opined that the men in their state of panic opened fire on the rank, who was caught off-guard, and was unable to draw his weapon.

The resident insisted that she saw the group running past her home before the gunshots rang out. She did not say if the men had any exchange of words with the rank like several persons who had given this newspaper that information shortly after the incident.