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Al­most a year has passed since PC Shakala Charles re­cit­ed what he thought was his fi­nal prayer as he bled out on a street in east Port-of-Spain.

The 34-year-old po­lice­man was shot with a round of ri­fle cal­i­bre am­mu­ni­tion while in the line of du­ty on the night of Ju­ly 22, 2024.

And while he has gained a new ap­pre­ci­a­tion for life and fam­i­ly, Charles says he is dis­ap­point­ed over the slow pace of the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the in­ci­dent which al­most end­ed his life.