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Lawman’s death puzzles

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The death of Constable Dexter Yarde could go down in history as an unsolved murder, especially after the events in the No. 2 Supreme Court yesterday.
In the early stages of the investigations, one police expert put the gun that discharged the bullet that killed Yarde in the hands of his partner on the night.
The Royal?Barbados Police Force’s reconstruction officer, however, said that was not possible since the “friendly fire” was on the opposite side to the fatal wound.  
A different police firearms expert then said the bullet could not have come from Yarde’s partner’s Glock, thereby creating the possibility that Yarde was killed by the prowler who had triggered police presence.
Read the full story in today’s WEEKEND NATION.

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