During this morning, the police say that Divisional Commander Superintendent Kevin Adonis (right), along with Pastor David Christiani of the Cops and Faith Community Network and other ranks, visited the home of the parents of Leon Alphonso who was shot by the police during efforts to arrest him on February 04, 2015, at Daniestown, Essequibo Coast. Alphonso succumbed later that day.
During the visit, the police say that his parents, Bernard and Yvonne Alphonso, were apprised of the circumstances surrounding the demise of their son and were also offered words of comfort.
Yvonne Alphonso had told Stabroek News yesterday that the family was not happy with the way the police had handled the incident with her son. She was also upset that the police had not told her about the severity of her son’s injuries and that they were going to move him from the Suddie Hospital to the Georgetown Hospital. He died en route and was pronounced dead at the Leonora hospital.
