Rhondor Dowlat-Rostant
A man wanted by the police was shot and killed during a police-involved killing in La Horquetta yesterday.
According to a police report, at about 2.10 pm a team of police officers received information of a wanted man by the name of Don Jacobs was seen hiding out in a house at Phase 6 La Horquetta.
On arrival, the officers called out to the occupants and spotted the suspect running out of the house to the back of the house and into a yard entering into a washroom.
The report said officers gave chase and Jacobs drew a firearm and pointed it in the direction of the officers fired in the direction of the suspect hitting him.
Jacobs was taken to the Arima Hospital where he was treated.
He, however, succumbed to his injuries at bout 2.40 pm.
Police said he had been on the run since February