An Aruba police prosecution concerns an officer’s involvement in the fatal shooting of a man on January 27, 2026, according to a Public Prosecution Service statement reproduced by AWE24 on November 6. The officer, identified in that statement by the initials R.W.A.R., is suspected of manslaughter.
Procedural hearing planned for November 26
The statement says a case-management hearing is planned for November 26. The defence will have an opportunity to request additional investigative steps. The judge will decide on those requests and determine a date for the substantive hearing.
Prosecution is not a finding of guilt
The deceased man’s relatives were informed of the decision to prosecute, according to the statement. The decision marks a new procedural step in the January case; it does not establish the officer’s guilt. The published statement does not provide a final judicial account of the shooting.
Source: Original report.
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