Cop’s son murderedBy CECILY ASSON Thursday, September 24 2009
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CRIME SCENE: Policemen and curious onlookers gather at a road in Princes Town where Bevon Neptune son of a policeman, was shot dead yesterday morning...
THE SON of a police corporal was shot dead in Princes Town shortly after he left the home of a female friend during the early morning hours yesterday.
Police said the victim Bevon Neptune, 29, of Spring Lands, Gasparillo — the son of Cpl Robert Neptune who is the head of the Joint Army/Police Patrol Unit (South) — was driving his blue Nissan Almera car when the occupants of another vehicle, blocked the path of Neptune’s car along a narrow road.
One of the men came out of the vehicle, walked up to Neptune and shot him once in the chest at point blank range. Neptune died in his car. A woman who was in Neptune’s car was unhurt during the incident. Police have refused to identify her.
Police sources described the killing as a “hit” and said they are working on a theory that Neptune may have been part of a love triangle. Neptune’s father Cpl Neptune is out of the country on vacation. The victim’s brother Kevin, who is also a police constable stationed at San Fernando CID, visited the scene with other officers shortly after the murder.
Police sources said Neptune was in a common-law relationship and was the father of two children, one aged six and the other, aged two.
Neptune, a fitter who worked at Jokhan Contractors Ltd in Pt Lisas was shot dead at 5.20 am shortly after leaving the Theodore Street Extension Road home of a female friend at whose home, he spent the night.
A team of officers led by ASP Cecil Santana visited the scene. A person who lives in the area where the killing took place, told Newsday she recalled hearing Neptune telling the woman at whose home he had spent the night, to hurry up because he did not want to be late for work.
“The next thing I heard was a loud explosion and saw this woman running, crying for help saying that her friend was shot,” the resident said.
Distraught relatives said Neptune was a “ladies man” and one who lived life to the fullest.
“We never heard him speak of anyone threatening his life,” aunt Marge Neptune Walters told Newsday. “We never expected something like this to happen to him.” No arrests have been made and investigations are continuing.
