Aaron Ben­jamin, al­so known as “Se­quea,” 31, of Pe­tit Cu­ra­caye, San­ta Cruz, was shot and killed dur­ing a po­lice op­er­a­tion on Thurs­day morn­ing.

Around 5.55 am, of­fi­cers ex­e­cut­ed a search at his home un­der the Emer­gency Reg­u­la­tions 2025. On en­ter­ing the house, they said Ben­jamin jumped up from a couch and point­ed a black met­al ob­ject at them. Shots were fired, and he col­lapsed.

Ben­jamin was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, where he died while be­ing treat­ed.