MONROVIA – Melvin Alex Early, an agent of the elite Executive Protection Service (EPS) responsible for the protection of the President of Liberia and all VIPS, on Friday morning reportedly shot himself three times in the head in Tappita, Nimba County while on duty on the President’s county tour. The incident reportedly occurred in front of the Jackson F. Doe Memorial Hospital at about 6:30 am. A source from the EPS said Mr. Earley began informing some of his colleagues that: “I am just here in Zwedru, but I am not to myself”. Meanwhile, the Executive Protection Service (EPS) said it regrets the sudden death of one of its agent. Agent Earley has been with EPS since the restructuring of the service after the Liberian Civil crisis.

Source: Front Page Africa February 20, 2021 19:52 UTC