UPDATED: Burglar shot to death by homeowner

Posted Thu, Jul 22nd 2010, 18:58
(Grand Cayman - CITN) -

 

Police say Harryton Rivers (29) of Prospect was shot and killed this morning when he attempted to break-in a home.  The homeowner shot Rivers in the stomach.

 

Police also confrim that a knife was recovered from the scene.  

 

The Emergency Communications and Electronic Monitoring Department confirms that Harryton Rivers was a part of the program.

Emergency Communications Manager, Mr. Brent Finster, said “at the time of the alleged interrupted burglary, the relevant tracking device was showing as present at another location. Upon becoming aware that the person who had been shot was a Client of the Electronic Monitoring Programme, Police attended the other location and recovered the tracking device.”  

Mr. Finster added “the deceased Client was referred to the Electronic Monitoring Programme by the RCIPS on the 18^th of June 2010 under the provisions of the Bail Law.”

The Department has initiated a full investigation to determine under what circumstances the tracking device became detached from Rivers.

 

 

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. at a home in Liguinea Circle off Aspiration Drive, George Town, which is near the schools area.

An RCIPS spokesperson told Cayman 27 crews “The emergency services attended the location and conveyed a 29-year-old man to the Cayman Islands Hospital. He was suffering from serious abdominal injuries. The man died a short time after arrival at the hospital.”

No other person was injured as a result of the incident.

Officers initially said the intruder was arrested, however the RCIPS spokesperson said no arrests have been made at this time and that police enquiries into the incident are ongoing. 

Police added that “As is normal practice in criminal investigations the case file will be submitted to the Attorney General for consideration at the conclusion of the investigation.”

An incident room has been set up at the George Town Police Station.

 

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