Fake cops ambush, kill St Ann’s man

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

A 36-year-old St Anns man was shot and killed by gun­men dressed in po­lice tac­ti­cal gear and what ap­peared to be bul­let­proof vests while dri­ving on Sun­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said Der­rick Bou­caud, left his home and was dri­ving his black Hyundai car on Symond Road, at around 10.10 am when a white Ford Fo­cus stopped in front of the ve­hi­cle, cut­ting him off near Fondes Aman­des Road.

Two masked men wear­ing tac­ti­cal fa­tigues and bul­let­proof vests got out of the car and shot Bou­caud sev­er­al times be­fore get­ting back in their car and dri­ving off.

Of­fi­cers of the In­ter-Agency Task Force (IATF) were on pa­trol at the time and vis­it­ed the scene where they found Bou­caud's body.

Of­fi­cers of the Bel­mont Po­lice Sta­tion and a dis­trict med­ical of­fi­cer vis­it­ed the scene who de­clared Bou­caud dead.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors found 61 spent 5.56 shells.

Po­lice towed Bou­caud's ve­hi­cle to an undis­closed lo­ca­tion as part of their en­quiries.

Of­fi­cers of the Re­gion One Homi­cide Bu­reau are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.