POLICE says the officer who fired off one round during a confrontation over a traffic ticket in Arima with a Diego Martin couple last week Friday had done so inadvertently.

In a statement yesterday, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said the couple—identified as Katrianna Rezende, 38, and Manuel Rezende, 39—have been charged and have appeared in court.

Police said on the day of the incident, officers of the Arima Traffic Department were on patrol along Sorzano Street, Arima when they saw a heavily tinted Toyota Hilux parked in a “No Parking Zone”.