Police shot and killed a wanted man in Santa Cruz yesterday.
The dead man, Joel Charles, 32, was a suspect in the murder of Ian "Bat" Munroe who was shot dead on January 3, police said.
According to the dead man's sister, Felicia Joseph, she said her brother was sold drugs but was not a killer.
Munroe, 41, was found murdered at his La Canoa home. Police said Munroe had several gun-related matters before the courts.
She said officers attached to the North-Eastern Division Task Force came looking for her brother yesterday.
According to reports, Charles, who is the fifth person killed by police for the year, had been "terrorising" the community and would often shoot at police.
They said he was wanted for rape of a teenaged girl and for murder, both claims were denied by relatives.
Police reports stated that around 1.45 pm they went to Charles home, at La Canoa Road, with a search warrant but Charles ran and fired at them. Police said they returned fire fatally injuring the father of three.
Joseph said she last spoke with her brother yesterday about him purchasing something in the nearby parlour for her. The next she heard was that he had been shot.
She described her brother as "a nice loving caring soft hearted person."
"Yes he used to hustle and do his little thing. Everyone does it. Now the other hustlers in the area happy he dead so they could take over," Joseph said.