Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe said yesterday the officers who were involved in a 2021 police shooting that resulted in a recent finding of manslaughter by a jury in a coroner's inquest will seek to have the decision quashed in the Supreme Court.

Last week, a coroner's jury deemed the death of Azario Major, who was shot and killed by police, as homicide by manslaughter.

"The most that I can say is I've been advised that the officers' attorneys are moving to the Supreme Court to quash the inquest based on the pretrial publications of the video," Munroe said.

"That's a matter that will be before the court and the court will have to come to a conclusion about that. These things are to be tried in the court of law, and not the court of public opinion; and so I don't intend to be commenting on a matter that may go before a jury, because I know that my comments would be said to be the the minister of national security said this or said that."

A video of the shooting was submitted as evidence during the inquest.

Major's relatives released an edited version of the video just weeks before the inquest began.

The director of public prosecutions will decide whether to act on the jury's non-binding verdict.

Since an inquest is not a trial, its jury cannot decide criminal liability.

Major, 31, was shot and killed by police outside Woody's Bar on December 26, 2021. Police alleged he was shot after he pointed a gun at a group of police officers.

Police recovered a 9mm pistol from the passenger seat of Major's vehicle, according to evidence presented.

Shortly before the deadly shooting, the same group of officers had escorted Major from the bar for allegedly behaving in a belligerent manner.

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