*? angry relatives, neighbours say excessive force used, want investigation*? injured man was dragged down steps, thrown in pickupBy Leonard Gildarie Police yesterday shot an Eccles dredge owner dead in controversial circumstances during attempts to arrest him at his Cowpen Street home.A policeman, from Eve Leary’s Tactical Service Unit (TSU), was also taken to the hospital for a stab wound to his arm. His injury was said to be non-life threatening.Dead: Angole Cox called ‘Coxsie’ and ‘Banton’Police in a statement yesterday said that at about 10:30 hours yesterday ranks responded to a report of threats at Cowpen Street, Eccles, EBD, where vendor Suzette Fraser, 42, was being threatened by Angold Cox, 54, who was armed with a knife and a piece of wood and threatening to kill her.According to the police, during efforts to arrest him,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Angold Cox attacked the ranks and lashed Constable 19811 Griffith to his feet and stabbed Constable 19907 Wallace to his left upper arm causing the police to resort to the use of force and he was shot.He was taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival.Police said that information was subsequently received from members of the public that Angold Cox was allegedly of unsound mind.But shocked relatives and neighbours are accusing ranks of excessive force and are now demanding answers.Angold Cox, called ‘Coxsie’ and ‘Bobbington’, lived at 164A Cowpen Street, Eccles, East Bank Demerara.According to Cox’s niece, Patricia Evans, she was on scene and saw a policeman shooting her uncle through a broken door.The shot dredge owner was then dragged down several flights of stairs, half naked, before being thrown into a police vehicle.According to Evans,Discount NFL Jerseys, shortly after 10:00 hrs yesterday, her uncle called her. “He tell me that police surround he home and want to kill him.”Evans said that she jumped into a taxi, from her home at Eccles New Scheme, and raced to the scene.Police were all over the yard. “I hear Uncle Bobbington telling them he not coming out.”BarricadedThe woman said that she went around to the back of the house where several ranks were attempting to enter through the upstairs door.“They had big guns pointing to the door. One police lady chase me away.”But Cox had apparently barricaded that door.Evans then went around the front and demanded that she be given an opportunity to plead with her uncle.“I force meh way up the steps and he seh he not coming out.”Police then started breaking down the door. Cox, however, refused to come out and further barricaded the door using his sofas.According to his niece,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, he also used a wood to jab at the policeman outside the side door.“I see this policeman point he long gun through the door at meh uncle and pull de trigger but nothing happen. He then give the gun to the other police downstairs and pull out a small gun. He fire off a shot in the air and then he point it in the house and fire off one more time.”Got himAccording to the niece, the policeman then told the other ranks that he “got him”.The other police rank allegedly went up and dragged Cox out of the house.“This was inhumane. Uncle Bobbington chest was full of blood and he pants down to he ankles and was not wearing any underwear. I see him void heself and I holler and tell meh sister that Uncle Bobbington dead.” Evans, her sister, Nafesha Benjamin; Cox’s sister, Cheryl,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, and other relatives visited Kaieteur News and vowed to take the matter higher.“My brother has no criminal record. He does cuss but don’t trouble nobody. His business records are up to date. He only come out a few weeks now from the bush,” said his sister.One relative claimed that Cox was not mad as was being peddled by some.“He has some domestic problems and was not sleeping too much. So he was not mad. The police could ah shoot he pun he foot or hand or something.”Neighbours confirmed that Cox and his wife separated five days ago after a domestic dispute.Police from Providence were called Sunday after someone complained about a large fire lit by Cox in his backyard. They reportedly took away a music set from the miner.Again yesterday,NFL Jerseys China, shortly after 11:00 hours police went to the home after receiving reports that a tenant was being threatened.Angry neighboursAngry neighbours, who declined to have their names published, said that “several police with big guns” were on the scene and called for him to come out.Cox was taken to the Regional Hospital at Diamond where he was pronounced dead.Several louvers from the window were missing and the broken door told the tale all too clearly. The inside of the man’s home was ransacked