Barbados will become a republic this week, replacing Queen Elizabeth as head of state.
British colonizers enslaved over 380,000 people to work on Barbados' sugar plantations. Sandra Mason, set to be the first president, said she wants to "fully leave our colonial past behind."
Investigators are now at the scene of a fatal shooting on Trafalgar Road in St Andrew. The police say the occupants of the vehicle are suspected to have earlier committed a murder in Swallowfield and were seeking to escape when they were confronted by cops. More details later.