Police ‘Relieved of Duties’ after Exuma Shooting Victim Dies. What is Known

A police officer in Exuma has been relieved of his duties after the shooting of a man on that island on Wednesday night.

What we know

• The victim is Jarvis Burrows.
• The incident occurred after 9 pm in Exuma Island, allegedly over possession of a bag of marijuana.
• It involved an off-duty police officer.
• The man was shot in his lower extremities.
• The victim was taken to an Exuma medical facility for treatment.
• The man died at 11 pm while waiting for an air ambulance at the Exuma airport to be taken to New Providence for medical care.

What a video shows

• A video circulated shows the man lying on the ground in a pool of blood while an officer stands over, taking a small baggie of suspected marijuana out of his hand.
• The officer is seen with a gun in his hand.
• A man known to both the victim and the officer pleads for “Anderson”  to take Jarvis to the hospital.

What’s not known

• It is not known what led to the shooting.