The municipal police officer shot and killed inside the San Fernando Municipal Police Station, was the victim of an apparently robbery that saw multiple firearms and ammunition stolen from the strong room and CCTV cameras allegedly disabled with tape, according to the official police report.
Dead is Anuska Eversley, an acting corporal attached to the Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service, who was discovered around 4.40 a.m. on Sunday at the Kings Wharf station with a gunshot wound to the neck.
According to police reports, Eversley reported for duty around 4 p.m. on Saturday and was last seen alive at approximately 10.30 p.m. in the charge room area. She was later found lying motionless on a mattress in a small office within the station, with blood emanating from her nostrils.
Investigators said officers returning to the charge room at about 4.30 a.m. noticed the area in darkness. Upon entry, they observed what appeared to be blood leading from the corporal’s quarters and discovered the strong room open, with a quantity of firearms and ammunition missing.
Crime scene investigators later processed the station and recovered a range of items of evidential value, including two live 9mm rounds marked S&B 9×19, an empty Glock magazine, Galil housing components, a green polo jersey, long blue jeans, white sneakers, a brown sheet with apparent bodily fluids, an LM cigarette box, and two rolls of masking tape.
Investigators also recovered four pieces of masking tape that had been removed from security cameras, suggesting that CCTV surveillance had been deliberately obstructed during the incident. CCTV technicians attached to the Homicide Bureau later retrieved available footage from the scene.
Police believe the station was breached sometime overnight, with the strong room accessed and a stockpile of firearms and ammunition removed.
Senior officials, including Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro, Deputy Commissioner Martin, and senior homicide officers, all responded to the scene. Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander also visited the station.
