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PHILIPSBURG - Gregory Rogelio Koeiman a former police officer was arrested by the St. Maarten police on Wednesday. Sources in Curacao state that Koeiman is wanted for questioning on Curacao in a murder case.
Koeiman is now a person of interest in the fatal shooting in Roodeweg Curacao during the carnival parade which left musician Gabriel Santos Castil aka Gaby dead.
Wednesday's arrest of the former police officer on St. Maarten was confirmed by police spokesman Inspector Ricardo Henson. It is not clear why Koeiman flew to St. Maarten on Wednesday but he was arrested on arrival.
According to a report from Gonzalo Cuales of Z-86 radio in Curacao, the shooting took place when Gabriel Santos Castil decided to come off of a truck on which he was playing to tell his ex-girlfriend to go home.
The ex-girlfriend who has not been identified, was standing along the road watching the parade go by. Her new boyfriend was also in close proximity and decided that he would not tolerate what was happening.
He then approached the victim and shot him in the head. It is said that Gabriel Santos Castil died on the spot even though ambulance personnel still took the fatally shot victim to the hospital.
This was one of two incidents that marred the 40th anniversary celebrations of Curacao's carnival. The other incident involved the shooting in the leg of a un-named 20 year old. When the police went to his car they also found two guns.
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