About 2:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 25, 2019, officers attached to the Micoud Police Station received a report of a chopping at Anse Ger, Micoud. On arrival, officers encountered Aaron Cooper, a forty-five-year old resident of Anse Ger, who sustained an injury to his neck, following an altercation with a known male who is currently in police custody in relation to this incident. Cooper was conveyed via ambulance to St. Jude Hospital, where he was admitted. On Thursday, December 26, about 11:30 p.m. he succumbed at the said medical facility. A post mortem examination is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday December 28.
This is the 48th homicide in Saint Lucia this year, 4 of which have been police killings.
