Inspector Carlos Blatch, a police officer at Government House is dead after he was shot earlier on Wednesday near H O Nash Junior High School on Dolphin Drive in front of his young daughter.

Assistant Commissioner Clayton Fernander said the officer was shot during a robbery.

“What I can say is shortly after 3 p.m. the officer was seated… in his vehicle along with his daughter, awaiting his son who attends H. O. Nash Junior High School just next door,” Fernander said at the scene.

“While the officer was seated in the vehicle, he was approached by a lone gunman who pointed the gun at him and ordered him out of the vehicle.

“Eventually the culprit fired a shot. The officer was hit to the body. The gunman pulled him out of the car and got into the car. By this time, the officer’s daughter had already exited the car and ran for assistance. The culprit drove off in the officer’s vehicle.”

Inspector Blatch is the ADC to the Governor General Dame Marguerite.

Please see statement below from Dame Marguerite