Po­lice shot and killed a fish­er­man and wound­ed an­oth­er dur­ing an ex­er­cise in Saly­bia on Wednes­day.

A re­port said of­fi­cers from the San­gre Grande CID and Task Force re­ceived in­for­ma­tion and went to Saly­bia.

Around 2 am, the of­fi­cers saw a boat with two fish­er­men com­ing to shore. When the boat was about to an­chor, the po­lice of­fi­cers called out to the fish­er­men to sur­ren­der. Po­lice claimed they were al­leged­ly shot at. They re­turned fire, hit­ting the two fish­er­men. Both men were tak­en to San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal.

How­ev­er, Lar­ry Venus, of Caigual Road, San­gre Chiq­ui­to, died. The oth­er man, Steve Guy, of Saly­bia, re­mained ward­ed un­der po­lice guard last night.

Po­lice said they checked the boat and al­leged­ly found two guns and il­le­gal drugs.

An of­fi­cer from the East­ern Di­vi­sion is con­tin­u­ing an in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

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