MEANWHILE, 23-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN SPRINGER AKA RATTY WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING A CONFRONTATION WITH OFFICERS OF THE NORTH EASTERN DIVISION TASK FORCE SHORTLY BEFORE 7AM ON SATURDAY 2ND JULY, 2022
• THAT INCIDENT TOOK PLACE INSIDE SPRINGER’S ROOM AT HIS 2ND CALEDONIA ROAD, MORVANT HOME. HE WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE ERIC WILLIAMS MEDICAL SCIENCES COMPLEX IN MT. HOPE.
• TWO OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING SAID POLICE OFFICERS BROKE DOWN THE FRONT DOOR TO THE HOUSE AND PROCEEDED TO TRISTIAN’S ROOM, LOCATED AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE.
• A FEMALE COMPANION HE HAD WITH HIM WAS REMOVED FROM THE ROOM BY OFFICERS AND SEVERAL SHOTS WERE HEARD. TRISTIAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY POLICE BUT HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.
• ONE RESIDENT SAID TRISTAN, THOUGH HE HAD A MATTER PENDING BEFORE THE COURT, WAS KILLED MERE DAYS AFTER HE PARTICIPATED IN A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON MONDAY 27TH JUNE, 2022, WHICH MARKED THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLICE KILLINGS OF THREE MORVANT FRIENDS.
