TEN days after 22-year-old Travis Parks was allegedly shot and killed by members of a private security service at Holmes Street, Tiger Bay, in the city, no one has been charged.

According to the young man’s mother, Ms. Michelle Parks, following a visit to the Brickdam Police Station on Thursday, she was told that the file regarding the matter was with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) awaiting advice.

A post mortem revealed that Parks died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the abdomen.

Parks, a minibus conductor, was allegedly shot in his back by a MMC Security Force guard, after being asked about a gold chain about which he claimed he knew nothing.

Reports said after being pulled out of a yard where he had gone to relieve himself, he was accused of stealing the gold chain, and was shot in the back as he was being led to the security firm’s vehicle. He was reportedly kicked and hit by the four guards.

Eyewitnesses said after Parks was shot, the men picked up the bullet casing, got in their vehicle and drove away, despite pleas for them to assist the wounded man.

Parks was eventually transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital by another vehicle, where he succumbed while receiving treatment.

MMC has declined comment until the completion of the police investigations into the matter.