And tonight a man is in the Western Regional Hospital recovering from a ruptured intestine after police shot him in the back.
On Saturday morning, police arrested 24-year-old Emil Rivers in Independence village. Tonight, his mother and the police have vary different versions of what happened next.
Here first is the police account:
ACP Hilberto Romero, OCED
"On Friday the 24th day of January 2025, Emil Rivers was detained at Independence for aggravated assault, after it was alleged that he had assaulted somebody with a knife. He was taken into custody where at the station he jumped out of the back of a police vehicle where he received some injuries. He was immediately apprehended and taken to the cell where he was detained. Then on Saturday morning while the cell was being cleaned, he ran from the police who were cleaning the cell. He went to a nearby house where it is alleged that he armed himself with a machete. The police cornered him, attempts were made to disarm him from the machete, a warning shot was fired but that did not work. At some point the police officer shot him to the leg. He's presently admitted in a stable condition. As in every police shooting, an investigation will be carried out by the professional standards branch."
"There are several police officers that were involved, some at the cell block and some who brought him into custody."
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