Police Chief Daniel Carbon has spoken up on the circumstances leading up to the unfortunate death of Keyan Alexander. Carbon said police officers shot the kidnapper and lunatic in self-defence when he attacked them with a machete raised high above his head. He said police officers were desirous of capturing him alive to be able to rescue 12-year-old Kernisha Etienne who is still missing, but they did not foresee that the abductor would attack with a dangerous weapon.
The mentally-deranged Alexander reportedly attacked his uncle Joseph Bruno late in the night of June 7 in Warner and then abducted Kernisha. The police in collaboration with local volunteers and regional rescue officers launched a massive manhunt for Alexander and Kernisha. According to Carbon, on June 16 which is the 11th day of the search, a number of civilians reported sighting Alexander in the Brookhill area and he evaded arrest.
An axe, one cutlass, a knife, and a bag containing old clothes were found in the area he escaped from. Carbon said the fugitive was sighted again on June 18 and when police officers tried to apprehend him, he fled into the forest.
Keyan fled and escaped further into the heights of Brookhill. He was pursued by a team of police officers who called on him to surrender. He refused and drew his cutlass from behind his back. The officers attempted to apprehend him. Keyan dashed aggressively towards one of the officers with the cutlass raised above his head. He was shot in self-defence. He sustained gunshot wounds to the lower extremities.
Daniel Carbon, Police Chief
The police chief added that a police officer who is a certified medic administered first aid on the injured kidnapper. It then took police officers one hour and 15 minutes to carry him out of the forest on a makeshift stretcher to the main road when a medical doctor was waiting to attend to him. On examining him, the medical doctor pronounced him dead and his body was deposited at the coroner’s for autopsy.
Thus far, it appears to me that the police officers acted in self-defence at the time when Keyan Alexander was shot. At no time, did the officers intend to kill Keyan Alexander. It was always the objective of the police to apprehend Keyan alive.
Daniel Carbon, Police Chief
Meanwhile, Kernisha remains missing with police investigators and local volunteers still searching for her.
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