Whilst Kaia Sealy has insisted she is not a gangster and has never held a gun in her life, police allege she was armed with a Glock 9mm pistol which was recovered from the vehicle driven by her common-law husband, Joshua Samaroo, in which she was a passenger.While the public remains in shock over the police disclosure that Sealy is to be charged with manslaughter and that warrants have been issued for her arrest in connection with the police-involved shooting of Samaroo, several questions are being raised in the public domain.Among them are why Sealy and Samaroo fled from police on January 20, 2026, instead of pulling aside when officers attempted to intercept them, and why police opened fire on the vehicle while Samaroo’s hands were raised in the air.These questions and others have been addressed in “evidence” submitted by police to Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard, SC, who gave the approval to issue a warrant for Sealy to be charged with manslaughter.
DEAD: Joshua Samaroo
The police versionAccording to the official police version of events, prior to the fatal shooting on January 20, Samaroo and Sealy drove to Maloney in a white Toyota Aqua, where they allegedly arranged to sell a firearm and a quantity of narcotics to a man described as a police informant.The informant’s cell phone has since been sent to the Cyber Crime Unit for analysis, while statements have also been taken from him and another named witness.The informant alleged that Samaroo and Sealy arrived in Maloney and showed him the firearm, which was allegedly concealed in Sealy’s bra before Samaroo removed it and displayed it.Officers attached to the Maloney Police Station then approached the vehicle, and Samaroo sped off, triggering a high-speed chase involving police vehicles using flashing lights and sirens.The National Operations and Dispatch Centre (NODC) was contacted, and operators were informed that the vehicle might have been transporting arms and ammunition.The chase continued west along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway.Officers attached to the North Central Task Force Area West also responded after a wireless transmission alerted police that a white Toyota Aqua bearing registration number PDS 1703 was being pursued.Several officers later submitted statements to investigators outlining their accounts of the events that unfolded that day.The officers stated that repeated attempts were made to stop the vehicle; however, the driver refused to comply.Video footage circulated on social media shows the Aqua, driven by Samaroo with Sealy in the front passenger seat, crashing into a drain along Bassie Street Extension in St Augustine before coming to a stop.Moments later, police officers discharged multiple gunshots as Samaroo raised his hands through the driver’s side window.However, officers involved in the operation alleged that Sealy was armed and that they responded after coming under threat.One officer stated that as he approached the crashed vehicle from the rear, he observed the driver raising both hands outside the driver’s side window.The officer said, at the same time, he looked through the rear windscreen and saw the front-seat passenger armed with a firearm pointed in his direction.He further claimed that he heard muffled explosions and observed the vehicle’s rear windscreen shatter.The officer subsequently formed the opinion that he was under attack and returned fire.The same officer also stated that he heard fellow officers approaching the vehicle shouting, “drop the gun, drop the gun!” moments before several additional loud explosions rang out.Another officer at the scene corroborated those events, stating that he discharged one round from his service pistol before observing the female passenger lower her right arm, which he said held a black object resembling a firearm.One officer also claimed he observed Samaroo reaching towards the left seat with his left hand and shouted at him not to move.According to police accounts, one officer later opened the driver’s side door, retrieved a firearm, and secured it in the left side of his bulletproof vest.Officers then transported the injured Samaroo and Sealy to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope.Police said the scene was later processed by divisional crime scene investigators, with several exhibits recovered.In addition, police processed vehicle PDS 1703 at the St Joseph Police Station, where investigators allegedly recovered several exhibits, including three spent 9mm shells from inside the vehicle.A Glock 9mm firearm was subsequently packaged and sent to the Scene Evidence Recovery Unit (SERU) for analysis.
