TTPS: Officer was shot while treating guns "as a plaything"

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September 12, 2025

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TTPS: Officer was shot while treating guns "as a plaything"

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More details have emerged into the shooting death of Municipal Police officer Jamal Charles, who was shot to death yesterday.

Police are now confirming he and his colleagues had been playing with their firearms when the incident occurred.

Charles was on guard duty in the security booth at the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government office at Kent House, Long Circular Road Extension, around 3.15 pm on Wednesday.

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