One man is dead, and another is currently in police custody, following a police-involved shooting incident during an anti-crime exercise in the River Estate area, on Saturday.
According to police reports, officers of the West End Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Western Division Gang and Intelligence Unit, and Western Division Task Force (WDTF), were responding to a report of Robbery with Aggravation in the Diego Martin district, when they obtained information that led them to the River Estate area.
There, they came upon four suspects, two of whom were armed with guns.
The TTPS statement reports that as the officers attempted to arrest the suspects, one of the armed men pointed a firearm in the direction of the officers. The officers—in keeping with the TTPS Use of Force Policy—discharged their service firearms in the direction of the suspects.
One man was injured and taken to the St. James Medical Facility, where he later died. He has since been identified as 21-year-old Derron Forde of Diego Martin.
A second suspect, an 18-year-old also of Diego Martin, was taken into custody shortly after, while the other two suspects escaped.
Police officers recovered from the scene one Glock pistol loaded with a magazine containing 15 rounds of ammunition, two cellular phones and a black side bag.
The Diego Martin operation was only one of a series of anti-crime exercises conducted in the Western Division yesterday.
Between 1 pm and 7 pm, yesterday, WDTF officers conducted an exercise during which they proceeded to Bournes Road, St. James.
There, they executed a search warrant at the home of a male suspect, which resulted in 41 rounds of assorted ammunition being found hidden in a peanut butter container.
The suspect—who was on the premises at the time of the search—was arrested in connection with the find.
In a third incident, Task Force officers conducted an exercise in the St. James district between 9:30 pm and 11 pm, yesterday, which resulted in the seizure of one pistol loaded with a magazine containing two rounds of ammunition being found.
The TTPS says investigations are ongoing into all these matters.