COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT (CLA)

INITIAL INCIDENT REPORT

 

On January 24, 2012, at 6 p.m., a motorized patrol from the Mukoko police station was traveling on the Kasake road. The police officers have finished their tour of duty and are heading towards the police station to drop off the vehicle. They are in a hurry to return to watch the broadcast of an African Cup of Nations football match on television.

 

At this moment, near the intersection known as Trois Manguiers, they saw a group of people gathered on the side of the road. The group signals the patrol to come join them. The police, after stopping the vehicle along the road, approached the group to inquire about the situation.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #1

There are five people there. The group seemed agitated and excited. Everyone speaks at the same time. The police ask the group to calm down and move aside to allow them passage. They advance into an area invaded by tall grass and thick shrubs. They then discovered, a few meters from the road, on the side of the road, the body of a man lying on the ground, face down. All around him there is a pool of blood. The police then asked those present not to leave the premises. They must identify the identities of the people making up the group and obtain their testimony. Furthermore, they protect the stage by asking the group to move aside. The police then begin their investigations.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #2

The man lying on the ground is inert. There are no signs of breathing. The body is lifeless. The man appears to be around thirty years old. A puddle of dried blood is spread on the ground around him. His clothes are in disarray. We can see footprints on the surrounding land. Crumpled grass and broken shrub branches suggest that a struggle may have taken place.

 

Near the body, the police discovered a motorcycle with a trailer attached to it. The motorcycle is lying on the ground. The trailer is overturned. Bags containing vegetables and fruits are torn. Their contents are scattered on the ground.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #3

The police search for the victim looking for an identity document or an object allowing them to be identified. The victim's pockets are empty. The police did not find any object or document around the body. They then inspect the vehicle. It is a Chinese type of motorcycle; it is in poor condition. The red paint is barely visible, and rust is present everywhere. The trailer is also in poor condition. No plate either on the vehicle or on the trailer allows any identification. At the request of the police, the victim was transported by ambulance to the nearest hospital, located approximately 20 kilometers from the place where the victim's body was discovered.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT #4

The victim was quickly treated at the hospital. The doctors can do nothing for the man who was brought to them. They declare the person dead. After examining the body, they informed the police that the man died from a gunshot wound which hit him in the chest, in the area of ​​the heart. Death was instantaneous. Furthermore, they informed the police that the victim also showed traces of violence on his arms and hands. These traces suggest that the man struggled to escape one or more people who were trying to hold him down.  The police noted the identities of the five people present on the scene when the patrol intervened. They collected the first testimonies. All these people say the same thing. None of them can provide details regarding the incident that occurred. No one witnessed the scene. It was two walkers passing by who saw the body lying on the ground and approached. Within minutes they were joined by three other people traveling on the road. All say they arrived on the scene just a few minutes before the police patrol arrived. They confirm that they saw or heard nothing and cannot provide any additional information to the police.

Q1: What day and time did the event occur?

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Q2: Where is the patrol stopped by the group?

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Q3: How many witnesses are there?

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Q4: Who discovered the body first?

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Q5: What is the position of the victim?

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Q6: What elements suggest that there was a struggle?

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Q7: What vehicle was discovered at the scene?

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Q8: What decision does the patrol make regarding the victim?

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Q9: According to doctors, what is the reason for the victim's death?

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Q10: What information given by the doctors confirms that there was a struggle?

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COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT (CLA)

 

PATROL REPORT

At 03.45 hours, 18 February 2012, the Duty Officer at Fontana Police Station received a telephone call from the nightclub “Moon Light” located at Cedar Street 37, Fontana. The caller identified himself as Leonardo, the bartender of the nightclub.  He stated that a fatal shooting had taken place there 15 minutes earlier.  A patrol team, consisting of UN Police (UNPOL), local police and an interpreter was dispatched to the scene and arrived at 04.00 hrs. One local officer and one UNPOL officer stayed at the entrance of the nightclub in order to control entry into the building. A second team consisting of another UNPOL officer, a local officer and the interpreter entered the bar, where they found the body of a male about 35-40 years old, lying near the bar on the floor.  He appeared to have one gunshot wound to the chest.  The UNPOL officer checked the pulse of the victim and said that the male was dead. After a detailed search of the building, the local officer recovered one empty 9 mm bullet case on the floor near the bar.  The UNPOL officer radioed the control room to seek the assistance from the criminal investigators and forensics at the scene. The local officer interviewed Leonardo who stated he had been working in this bar since November 2001.  He had not seen what happened, but one of the waitresses witnessed the incident. 

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

 

Investigators and forensics arrived at the scene at 05.00 hours.  They first interviewed the waitress, Anna Maria, aged 32. She stated that she had been a waitress in the club since February 2001.  She stated that around 03.30 hours, 18 February 2012 Shaban, the owner of Moon Light nightclub and Issa, a regular customer were drinking together. They suddenly began to argue and shout at each other.  Shaban punched Issa, who then grabbed a knife and threatened to stab Shaban if he didn’t leave him alone.  In reaction, Shaban drew his pistol and shot Issa.  He then fled in a black Mercedes.  Anna Maria stated that Issa had been a drug dealer in business with Shaban, but the business was falling in recent months and led to arguments between the two men.  She felt he would try to leave the country if he could.  The police transmitted the description and photographs of Shaban to all border crossings.

 

 FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

 

The body of the deceased was taken to the mortuary for forensic examination. On 19 February, an autopsy was conducted at 08.00 hours and revealed that the cause of death was a single fatal gunshot wound into the heart, and a 9-mm bullet was recovered from his body. The initial investigation identified the deceased as Issa, a 38-year-old male. No other trauma was found on the body.

 

 FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

 

At 19.00 hrs, 21 February 2012, the border police intercepted a black Mercedes car bearing the registration number MOONLIGHT 1.  The border police officer noticed that the driver was extremely nervous during a search of the trunk.  Police recovered a 9-mm Beretta pistol that was hidden in the trunk of his car. He was unable to present any documents which could establish legal ownership of this pistol. He was thus detained on suspicion of possessing an illegal weapon, and turned over to local police who transported the suspect to the Fontana Detention Center. 

 

 FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

 

At 09.00 hours, 22 February 2012, an investigation team went to the Fontana Detention Center to interview the suspect who stated that his full name was Shaban Meherti.  He had known the deceased since boyhood, and in recent years they also had done some business together. Shaban denied that he committed the murder. However, when asked about the weapon that had been recovered from the trunk of his car, he could not produce any legal documents of ownership.  He then revealed that he and the victim had been running an illegal drug business since 2000.  During the last couple of months Issa had incurred a heavy loss in the business which had led to a strained relationship between the two.  Shaban was ready to sever business ties with Issa and had repeatedly asked him to settle his dues. On the day of murder, he admits that he punched Issa.  When Issa threatened to stab him, he shot him in the chest. 

Upon the receipt of the forensic report and considering all the evidence, the investigation unit submitted the report to the Court charging Shaban Meherti with murder and illegal possession of a firearm.  Further investigation in February resulted in a charge of dealing drugs.

 

Questions: 

1.     Who made the call reporting the shooting to the police station?

2.     What was the registration number of the black Mercedes?

3.     What time did the investigations and forensics arrive at the scene?

4.     How many empty bullet casings were found at the scene?

5.     Where did the investigation team go to interview the suspect?

6.     What kind of illegal business did the suspect and victim run?

7.     What time was the autopsy conducted?

8.     What was the cause of death?

9.     What was the make and caliber of the weapon hidden in the trunk of the car?

10 Where was the victim found lying?

   

 

 

COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TEST #37

 

PATROL REPORT

At 15.45 hours, 6 April 2011 a Timorese male went to the Comoro police station in Dili (capital city of Timor-Leste) and reported that his 20-year-old son Paolo had been missing since the previous night. He stated that his son Paolo and their neighbor's daughter Mira had left their respective houses at 19.00 hours to go to a Thai restaurant near Cristore on 5 April. At 21.50 hours the neighbor's daughter Mira returned home, but his son did not, and he was worried.  The father checked with Mira, who informed him that at 20.30 hours, they went to have dinner. About ten minutes after arriving at the Thai restaurant, his son left a place with some young people.

At 08.45 hours the next morning, the father went to the restaurant and asked the owner whether anyone had seen his son. The owner informed him that one of his waitresses had seen his son, the previous evening, quarreling with some males outside the Thai restaurant. The group of males had then forced the son into a white microbus, which sped off in the direction of the hospital. The waitress described four of the males as all being about 20 years old; one individual had long black hair and another one had a ring in his left ear. She also stated that the driver of the microbus did not get out of the vehicle so she can’t describe him.

The father gave the police a picture of his son and requested help to find him. The police made a report and advised the father that they would investigate the incident.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

On 7 April, UN Police along with Police National of Timor Leste (PNTL) conducted the primary investigation regarding the incident. A check was made at the local hospital, which proved negative. At the restaurant the police interviewed the owner and a number of waitresses who were working at the time of the incident. Police obtained information that the suspects were all local Timorese and that one of the waitresses had remembered the registration number of the microbus as TL0321. A police patrol located the said vehicle parked on the Airport Road 20km from Dili Police Station, at Grid reference 015-156. The police seized the vehicle’s registration book, which displayed the name and address of the vehicle’s owner. Enquiries are continuing.

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

On 8 April, UN Police and PNTL searched the address shown in the seized registration book and arrested the owner of the microbus called Antonio Gomez, who admitted that he was involved in the abduction of the victim. He stated that the victim had borrowed money from him for drugs. He also stated that the address of the house where the victim was being held, was at 33 Fomento Road. UN Police and PNTL conducted a search of that house and Paolo, the missing boy, was located. He had sustained a bruised chest and a broken left wrist. He was taken to the hospital and later returned to his parents. Police also seized a Smith and Wesson revolver from the house. The victim was asked to come to the police station on 10 April.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

On 10 April during interrogation Officer Simon Matonga asked the victim whether he knew the accused person and the others who kidnapped him.  Paolo stated that he knew four of them, including Gomez, but not the one who had assaulted him. Paolo added that he remembered the name of that suspect, because the microbus owner called him Martino.  It was Gomez who told Martino to push the victim into the microbus. Paolo also provided the names and address of three people who were involved in the abduction. He did not know the address of the suspect, Martino. Later that day the investigating officer collected Martino’s address from Gomez.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

In the early morning of 11 April, UN Police and local PNTL searched Martino’s house in Baucau (a district in Timor-Leste) but failed to arrest him. Martino’s father informed the investigators that Martino left home the week before saying that he was going to Dili, the capital of Timor, for work. That evening UN Police and PNTL of Comoro Police Station raided a student house where the three other accused were living. They arrested one of them. Martino, the suspect, was also found at the student house and was arrested as well. Two other suspects are still fugitives. The investigation is continuing.

 

 

QUESTIONS:

 

Q 1:                             What type of crime was this case?

 

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Q 2:                             What injuries did the missing boy have when he was found by police?

 

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Q 3:                             What did the police seize from the house where the boy was rescued?

 

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Q 4:                             What was the color and make of the suspect’s vehicle?

 

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Q 5:                             What was the plate number of the vehicle?

 

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Q 6:                             Where was the missing boy last seen?

 

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Q 7:                             How many suspects were arrested in total?

 

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Q 8:                             On what date was the boy missing?

 

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Q 9:                             How old did the waitress believe the four suspects were?

 

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Q 10:                           What was seized from the vehicle?

 

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COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TEST # 32

PATROL REPORT

At 06.45 hours on Tuesday, 29 October 2011 “Police Control” received a telephone call from a local man, who said that he believed a burglary had just occurred at Berisha Street # 67. No casualties were   reported during the phone call. A police Patrol team from North Police Station was dispatched to the scene.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  The witness was waiting on Berisha Street near the burglarized house as the Police patrol arrived at the scene.  The offices of the International Organization of Migration (IOM) are located in that house. The witness said that he was visiting his friend’s house nearby. At approximately 6.30 hours he heard strange hammering sounds and looked out of the window. Then he went out into his friend’s yard and saw one of the windows of the IOM office broken and the door open. He saw the silhouettes of people inside and he went back into the house to call the police. He also stated that he saw a light colored car parked near the house. He was not sure about the registration number of the car and was not certain about its color as it was quite dark.

The driver of the Police patrol car said that he had passed a light colored “Opel Omega” car with no registration plates with several people in it.  It was heading in the opposite direction towards the airport.  The leader of the patrol team got in touch with “Police Control” and asked the airport police to look for a light colored “Opel Omega” car and detain it for further investigation if they locate it.

 The witness said that he knows the director of the IOM office, a woman named Marla Orman. He had her business card. The leader of the patrol team contacted Ms. Marla Orman and asked her to come to her office to identify what was missing in the building.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  The Airport police reported that at 07.20 hours a silver colored “Opel Omega” with no registration plates was stopped and two laptops, two digital cameras, one DVD player, one printer and two scanners in the trunk of the car were found. The driver, a young male, was not able to prove that these items belonged to him.  During an interview he said that there had been two other passengers in the car, who had just got out.  The driver confirmed that these two men were with him in the IOM building and they had stolen the electronic equipment together. The driver was detained by police.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011.  Ms. Orman, the director of the IOM, arrived at the scene at 07.30 hours.  She checked the offices and made a list of missing equipment. Ms. Orman explained that IOM uses metal identification tags screwed into the bottom of their equipment.  The tags have IOM logo and bar codes with serial numbers, and she gave the police a list of all the equipment.  According to her, the total value of missing items was 4,320 US dollars. The items found in the trunk of the vehicle matched the items listed on the IOM inventory register and therefore the Police station north retained them until the completion of the investigation. Ms. Orman also stated that she found that two more scanners and a desktop computer had been disconnected and moved from their original places They had been put on a table by the door.  Forensics processed for fingerprints and IOM retained these items.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

Reference is made to a case reported on 29 October 2011. Upon completion of the interview with Ms. Orman, police officers had started searching for any eyewitnesses of the incident in the area.  They were able to take a statement from one of the neighbors who identified himself as Mr. Kalu Odege, a former UN employee residing at Berisha Street # 64. He stated that he heard some noise and the sound of a car engine around 6.30 in the morning. However, he could not provide any more details as he was lying in bed at that early time and did not look outside.

 

QUESTIONS:

 

 

Q 1.                             At what address did the burglary occur?

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Q 2.                             What agency did the stolen equipment belong to?

 

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Q 3.                             At what time did the witness hear strange sounds from neighboring house?

 

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Q 4.                             What was the model of the suspects’ car?

 

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Q 5.                             What was the Director’s name of the burglarized office?

 

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Q 6.                             What was the registration number of the car involved in this incident?

 

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Q 7.                             How many suspects were involved in this case?

 

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Q 8.                             What was the color of the vehicle used by the perpetrators?

 

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Q 9.                             What was the total value of stolen items?

 

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Q 10.                           What time was the suspect detained?

 

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COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TEST #31

 

Incident Report # SSU 2011/2485

 At 11.00 hours on 24 September 2011 Golden City Police Station-2 received a telephone call from Paolo Tombo, resident of Copper Street Apartments, Flat #45. He advised that he had not seen his neighbor Elver from Flat #41 for the past three days. There was no response to knocks on the front door note on the door on 23 September and it was still there when he checked later.  Golden City Police Patrol team arrived at the scene in 10 minutes and knocked on the door. They found unopened mail on the floor by the mail slot, and the note pinned to the door asking Elver to call. The police broke down the door of the flat at 11.30 hours and found the body of a male lying on the living room floor. There was a trail of blood on the floor leading from the metal table to where the victim was lying, so it looked like he may have tried to crawl to reach the house phone.  The receiver was lying beside the body.  Police recovered two empty bottles of whiskey and four glasses on the metal table in front of the sofa and placed them into evidence. The deceased was identified as 35-year-old male, Elver Bimori.  The body was taken to the morgue for autopsy.

 Follow up Report # SSU 2011/2485/01

 

Reference is made to a case reported on 24 September 2011.  Police canvassed the area to locate witnesses.  They spoke with Ms. Sofia Frankel, who lives in Flat # 49.  She stated she had usually seen the deceased jogging every morning around 06.30 hrs. After not seeing him for three days, she called his aunt, who had not talked to him since 20 September 2011.

Officers also interviewed the caller, Paolo, and determined further details.  Paolo stated that on 22 September, he was kept awake until early morning because of the loud music and voices coming from the flat of the deceased. Paolo was smoking a cigarette on his balcony at about 2.00 hours when he saw a woman and two men running from the building to get into a white Mercedes, parked in the parking space under the streetlights. The woman seemed to be arguing with the men, but he did not catch what they were saying.  They got into the car and left. Soon after that, the noise from Elmer’s flat stopped.

 

 Follow up Report # SSU 2011/2485/02

 

Reference is made to a case reported on 24 September 2011.  An autopsy was conducted on 25 September.  Preliminary results indicated that the cause of death was extensive blood loss due to external hemorrhage caused by the head concussion. It was also revealed that the deceased was intoxicated at the time of death, and he was conscious for at least half an hour after he got injured.

 

Follow up Report # SSU 2011/2485/03

 

Reference is made to a case reported on 24 September 2011. On 26 September Elver’s aunt Maria Bimori was invited to check the flat and to see if anything was missing. She told officers that her nephew Elver had been working in Sweden for the last three years and had saved several thousand Euros to buy a car.  He had a small wooden box in his room where he used to hide his money and jewelry.  She described the jewelry as a matching set with a golden ring, a golden necklace, and a golden bracelet. The wooden box was located on the table; however, it was empty. Neither money nor jewelry were found in Elver’s flat. Ms. Bimori further stated that Elver often visited “Allo” night club, but she did not know anything about his contacts.

 

Follow up Report # SSU 2011/2485/04

 

Reference is made to a case reported on 24 September 2011.  On 27 September, police went to the night club “Allo” and approached the owner. The owner remembered last seeing Elver on 21 September.  That night Elver was spending time with two male customers whom the owner was not acquainted with, and one of the club dancers named Katrina Roccu. Detectives interviewed Katrina Roccu the same day.   She stated that she had known Elver only for the last three weeks. On 21 of September Elver came to the club, where he planned to meet his friends. Katrina said that she has never seen these people before and only knew their names – Marco and Peter. The friends came into the club and sat with Elver.  When Katrina finished her shift, she joined them at the table. About midnight all of them left the club, and Katrina went home. According to her statement, that was the last time she saw Elver. Detectives noticed that Katrina was very nervous during the interview, but she insisted that she has provided them with a full and accurate picture of the story.

QUESTIONS:

Q1:      At what date and time was the dead body located?

 

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Q2:      What items were missing from the victim’s flat?

 

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Q3:      Where was the telephone receiver found?

 

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Q4:      What was the full name of the victim?

 

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Q5:      What was the deceased planning to buy?

 

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Q6:      What was the color and make of the car the witness observed on 22 September? 

 

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Q7:      Was the deceased under the influence of alcohol before death?

 

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Q8:      What is Ms. Katrina Roccu’s occupation?

           

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QQ9:   What is the name of the establishment the victim visited on 21 September?

 

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Q10:    How many glasses were recovered from the scene?

 

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COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT TEST #25

 

PATROL REPORT

At 23.25 hours Thursday, 14 April 2011, the Diamond Spring Police Control received a telephone call reporting the sound of gunshots from an apartment building in the area of the Bus Garage (Grid reference 125/185). A police patrol responded to the scene, arriving at 23.34 hours, finding a large number of people gathered outside The Pines Apartment building, located beside the Bus Garage. The patrol was directed to Apartment Number 4, where they found a male person lying on the hallway floor, bleeding from gunshot wounds to the body and head, identified as 46-year old Raul Mocha.  They interviewed the victim’s wife, Marcella Mocha, who identified the shooting victim as her husband. She stated they heard a knock at the door of the apartment and when her husband opened the door he was shot in the chest and fell to the floor.  She described the gunman as wearing a ski mask and blue jacket. She also stated that earlier at about 21.30 hours, the deceased had an argument outside the apartment with a young male, who had purchased a car from him. She remembered that man was wearing a red cap and a blue jacket but did not know his name. She believed this was the same man because the jacket was the same.  Emergency ambulance members arrived at 23.38 hours.  They transported the victim to Bon Secours Hospital.  The ambulance crew notified Diamond Spring Control that the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at 23.59.  The on-scene police secured the scene and asked Police Control to inform the Murder Squad and Forensics.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 01

Reference is made to a case reported on 14 April 2011.  Investigations by the Murder Squad confirmed that the deceased was a 46-year-old male, who sustained one gunshot wound to the chest and one to the head. Four empty 10 mm shell casing were recovered at the scene:  three 10 mm empty cartridge were located on the floor outside the door of the victim’s apartment, and one was found immediately inside the door to the victim’s apartment. Detectives interviewed the landlord of the building, who lives in Apartment 1, directly across from Apartment 4.  He stated that at 23.25 hours he heard five gunshots and when he looked out of his door, he saw a tall male person run past him down the hall and out of the front door of the building. The man was carrying a handgun. The landlord described this person as wearing a blue jacket and a dark ski mask. The landlord saw his neighbor lying halfway out of the doorway of Apartment 4. He immediately called the Police Control to report the shooting.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 02

Reference is made to a case reported on 14 April 2011.  A search of the area was carried out by the patrol and forensics units.  At the rear of the bus garage an officer found a red cap and a black ski mask inside a rubbish can. Photographs were taken and these items were recovered for further examination. In addition, a fifth 10 mm empty cartridge was found in a flowerpot on the floor outside the victim’s apartment.   No other witnesses came forward or were identified. The investigation is continuing.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 03

Reference is made to a case reported on 14 April 2011.  At 07.00, 15 April hours the medicinal examiner’s office conducted an autopsy on the victim.  A 10 mm bullet was removed from the victim’s head near the left temple.  A second bullet had passed through the victim’s left chest area striking vital organs before exiting the body.  The examination concluded that both shots were lethal, and either one could have caused instantaneous death.  The examination also discovered a large contusion to the victim’s right jaw and cheek.  Additionally, the victim had a blood alcohol content level of .08 percent.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 04

Reference is made to a case reported on 14 April 2011. At 14.00 hours, 15 April, investigators located a suspect in connection with the shooting at the Pines Apartment.  The suspect Joseph Bolt admitted killing the victim after they argued over the purchase of the vehicle. Prosecuting judge has authorized the suspect to be charged with homicide and held in the detention center.

 

QUESTIONS:

 

Q 1. Who reported the gunshots to the Police Control?

         

 

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Q 2. What was the gunman wearing on his face at the time of the shooting?

         

 

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Q 3. How many empty cartridges were found in total?

 

 

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Q 4. What time and date was the shooting reported?

 

 

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Q 5. What two items were found in a rubbish container at the rear of bus garage?

 

 

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Q 6. What was the blood alcohol level of the victim?

         

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Q 7. What time and date did the investigators locate the suspect?

 

 

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Q 8. What part of the victim’s body was a 10 mm bullet removed from?

         

 

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Q 9. How many shots were potentially lethal?

 

 

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Q 10. What weapon was used by the suspect?

 

 

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COMBINED LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT

 

PATROL REPORT

 

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 13.30 hours a man who identified himself as Joseph Alba, entered Police Station # 2 in Monrovia and said that a group of wild dogs had attacked his son. The man was escorted to the interview room by the duty officer. The man told the officer that at 10.30 hours his son, John Alba, had been playing in front of their house located at Low Street, when suddenly three dogs attacked his son. The man said that the largest of the three dogs, a white male, approximately 40 kilos in weight, seemed to be the pack leader of the three dogs. The other two dogs were not as big as the pack leader, and only weighed about 25 kilos each. One of them was all brown and the other was black with a white spot on its chest. They were not wearing collars or identification tags. The officer asked if the man’s son was still at home. The man informed the officer that an ambulance had taken his son to a local hospital for care and that his wife had gone with the boy in the ambulance.
 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 1

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 14.30 hours, a Liberian National Police (LNP) officer was sent to the local hospital to inquire about the nature of the boy’s injuries. The doctor told the officer that the child had been bitten in the face and needed 12 stitches to close that wound. He had also been bitten on both arms and severely bitten on the right hand. There were two areas on the right arm that required three stitches each and the index finger on the child’s right hand was being surgically repaired at that time. The officer asked the doctor to call the police station with more information if there was any change in the condition of the child.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 2

An LNP officer interviewed the child’s mother, Regina Alba, at the local hospital immediately after interviewing the doctor. She told the officer that her son was playing with a small red ball in front of their house when three dogs attacked him. She said that she had seen the dogs in the area the day before, and that they had tried to bite other people. Regina also stated that she yelled at the dogs during their attack on her son and tried to beat them off with a stick, but they did not stop attacking him. The officer noticed that the mother’s left hand had also been bitten. Regina was treated my medical staff immediately after the interview.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 3

On Sunday 23 March 2008, at 18.00 hours, two police officers from Station # 2 were sent to Low Street to investigate the group of dogs that had attacked the child earlier that day. Upon arrival, they noticed a black dog with a white spot on its chest running into an abandoned building on the west side of the street with a red ball in its mouth. The officers proceeded into the building and saw all three dogs together, fighting over the red ball. The first officer yelled at the dogs and the largest one, the white dog turned to face the officers and started growling. The officers could see that there were no collars or identification tags on any of the dogs. Suddenly, the white dog attacked the two officers. The first officer drew his 9mm pistol and fired three times, killing the large white male dog. As the first officer had fired his pistol, the other two dogs began to attack. The second officer fired his 9mm weapon at the remaining two attacking dogs five times, killing them both.

 

FOLLOW-UP REPORT # 4

On Monday 24 March 2008 at 13.00 hours around 50 people assembled outside the Main Police Headquarters in Monrovia protesting against the dog problems in the city.  During the demonstrations they shouted slogans about why the authorities did not do more to stop the number of wild dogs running around Monrovia.  They complained about how unsafe it was for children to play outside. The Station Commander approached the leader of the demonstration, Ms. Elisabeth Johnson, and said that they had to stop their activities as they were unlawful.  The demonstrators, after some discussion, accepted the order from the police and left the area about 14.15 hours.

 

QUESTIONS:

 

Q1:      How many dogs attacked the boy?

 

Q2:       How heavy was the leader of the dogs?

 

Q3:       What were the colors of the dog initially recognized by the police officers on 23 of March?

 

Q4:       Which part of the mother’s body was bitten?

 

Q5:       What were the type and the caliber of the weapon used by police officers?

 

Q6:       How many stitches in total did the child receive at the local hospital?

 

Q7:       What was the tool used by Ms. Alba to protect her son?

 

Q8:       How many persons were injured during the dog attack?

 

Q9:       In what type of the building were the dogs shot?

 

Q10:     How many rounds of ammunition were fired at the dogs?