FOLLOWING the fatal shooting incident in Agricola, Greater Georgetown in which 17-year-old Shaquille Grant was shot and killed by the police on Tuesday morning and Romel Bollers, who was shot and injured Deputy Commissioner ‘Law Enforcement’ Seelall Persaud said that three men were released from police custody yesterday and the injured Bollers was taken to the hospital for medical attention.

He added that the matter is being investigated by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Office of Professional Responsibilities (OPR).
Meanwhile, the policemen who were on the scene in Agricola are still on active duty since no evidence of misconduct is at hand, the crime Chief said
On Thursday morning a group of residents from Agricola staged a protest action in front of the office of the Acting Commissioner of Police, Leroy Brumell, who also met with them yesterday.
The group also had a picketing exercise outside Brickdam Police Station on Wednesday calling for the release of the young men and the police to investigate the killing of the teenager on Tuesday.
However, Police reported late Wednesday night that at about 19:15 hours persons lit tyres which were thrown across both the eastern and western carriageways of the main road at Agricola, Greater Georgetown, causing obstruction to traffic.
The police, assisted by personnel of the Guyana Fire Service, extinguished the blaze and removed the obstacles and traffic resumed freely.
On Tuesday morning a party of policemen on a mobile patrol went into Agricola and cornered five men, who were under a shed in the village, not long after gunshots rang out and Shaquille Grant, 17, was shot and killed.
Police said at about 12:10 hours on Tuesday ranks on a mobile patrol came under fire from a group of men at Caesar Street, Agricola and the policemen returned fire fatally wounding Shaquille Grant, 17, of Lot 12 BB Eccles, East bank Demerara and injured Romel Bollers, 20 of Brutus Street, Agricola.
A .38 Smith and Wesson weapon was recovered by the police.