Ma­yaro po­lice shot and killed a sus­pect they say at­tacked them with a cut­lass.

Around 3:00 am on Wednes­day, of­fi­cers from the Ma­yaro CID pro­ceed­ed to a gar­den camp ap­prox­i­mate­ly 150 feet along an agri­cul­tur­al ac­cess road off Food Crop Road, Dou­ble Bridge, Guayagua­yare Road, Ma­yaro, where Gabriel Hink­son, 39 years old, lived.

He was re­port­ed­ly want­ed by the Ma­yaro CID in con­nec­tion with a re­cent re­port of ma­li­cious dam­age to prop­er­ty, val­ued at $13,000.

The of­fi­cers said they an­nounced their pres­ence, and the vic­tim came to a gal­vanised door, armed with a cut­lass. They said the man at­tacked them, in­jur­ing one of­fi­cer on his hand.

They then shot him mul­ti­ple times. Hink­son was tak­en to the Ma­yaro Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal where he was pro­nounced dead.