The man accused of shooting a teenager outside his own home has been named by a police expert as a member of the Parkside gang.Sergeant Alex Rollin, of the Gang Targeting Unit, listed off a dozen names of men he considers members or associates of gangs, from pictures taken off the police database.He told the Supreme Court he considers Royunde Stevens-Cyrus on trial for attempted murder to be a Parkside affiliate.Mr Stevens-Cyrus denies trying to shoot dead Jahrockia Smith-Hassell on the night of March 25.Mr Smith-Hassell, who was then 16 years old, has claimed in court that he recognised the shooter’s face.Under questioning from defence lawyer Shade Subair, Sgt Rollin admitted that he had not relied on covert recordings, covert photos, telephone or computer records in forming his opinion of the defendant.The jury has heard of identifying jewellery, tattoos and clothing worn by gang members.Sgt Rollin agreed with Ms Subair that he had made no observations of Mr Stevens-Cyrus in relation to Parkside jewellery, tattoos or dress.He agreed also with the lawyer’s suggestions: “You have made no reference, and in fact you have never observed, Royunde representing hatred for any rival gangs? You have never observed Royunde to be someone who is a shot-caller, or taking a shot-caller’s orders?”The witness agreed also that Mr Stevens-Cyrus, to his knowledge, had not been the victim of a violent attack, or possessed a street name.Sgt Rollin, the court heard, has repeatedly given trial evidence against individuals accused of gang membership.He is the only police officer who comes to court to give expert evidence on gangs.Asked by Ms Subair if he had ever given expert opinion that the defendant in the dock was not “gang associated, gang affiliated or a gang wannabe”, Sgt Rollin agreed that he had not.He accepted also that gang members and non-gang members shared school and neighbourhood links, and that in Bermudian culture people commonly identify themselves by which part of the Island they are from.“You have a very limited personal knowledge of Royunde as an adult,” Ms Subair continued.“I have had numerous encounters with him on the street, at the patrol level,” responded Sgt Rollin.The court heard Sgt Rollin’s description of hand signs which he said were indicative of various gangs, such as Parkside, 42, and MOB or Westside.Under questioning from Crown counsel Kirsty-Ann Kiellor, Sgt Rollin described the rivalry between 42 and Parkside, which he said had at one point been friendly, but had broken down to antagonism manifested in tit-for-tat shootings.The court heard that the complainant’s older brother, Tafari Smith, was known to Sgt Rollin from the St Monica’s Road area.He described Mr Smith as “a low- to mid-level person” in the 42 gang, adding that, aside from antisocial behaviour, he associated Mr Smith with “robberies, narcotics, drugs use and sales, weapons offences, fighting and throwing bottles at the police”.Asked when he had last seen Mr Smith, Sgt Rollin recalled: “It was a shooting along St Monica’s, very soon after. I missed it by a second or two. That was the second time David Godwin got shot off St Monica’s. My partner and I were coming under attack from rocks and bottles thrown by Tafari and his friends. The victim had just left in a car, and members of the 42 gang and the neighbourhood were taking out their frustrations.”However, prior to the trial, Sgt Rollin said he had known nothing of the complainant, Jahrockia Smith-Hassell.Asked by Ms Subair if he was aware of previous attacks made on Mr Smith-Hassell, the witness said he knew of nothing gang-related.Ms Subair then said: “You can’t truthfully say that, using your methodology, Royunde Stevens-Cyrus is a gang member, as opposed to someone who associates with known gang members.”Sgt Rollin disagreed, and told the court that he stood by what he had said earlier.And he denied a suggestion that “the reason you stand by your opinion is because you are a police officer with an interest to serve”.The case continues.