Family says being kept in dark on probe of labourer killed by cop

The family of Charles Peters, the Melanie Damishana labourer who was fatally shot by the police two weeks ago, says it is being kept in the dark about the investigation.

Peters, 36, a father of two of Lot 184 Melanie Damishana, East Coast Demerara, succumbed at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) on July 26, one day after he was shot twice by the police.

The police had said that Peters was observed running on the road and acting in a suspicious manner. As a result, he was stopped and challenged and it is being alleged that he was attacked a police rank, resulting in him being shot.