Two men were shot and killed by po­lice of­fi­cers dur­ing sep­a­rate shoot-outs in Las Lo­mas and San Juan on Sat­ur­day.

Po­lice said the first in­ci­dent took place in Las Lo­mas on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon.

Of­fi­cers of the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force (CDTF) were con­duct­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise re­lat­ed to the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE) when they re­ceived a re­port of a Hon­da City be­ing stolen at gun­point in St Joseph.

The of­fi­cers found the ve­hi­cle parked in a yard at San­ta Mon­i­ca Dri­ve West with its doors open.

The of­fi­cers ap­proached the ve­hi­cle and were con­front­ed by a gun­man who shot in their di­rec­tion.

The of­fi­cers re­turned fire with their ser­vice pis­tols and the gun­man was shot sev­er­al times. The of­fi­cers man­aged to es­cape un­scathed.

The man was tak­en to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty where he was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival.

Around 11.20 pm, an off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer was dri­ving with two civil­ians along Co­co Road, Febeau Vil­lage, San Juan, when the fe­male dri­ver was forced to stop the ve­hi­cle af­ter two men wear­ing hood­ies walked in the mid­dle of the road.

One of the men re­port­ed­ly had an as­sault ri­fle.

The of­fi­cer drew his ser­vice firearm, and got out of the ve­hi­cle to con­front the men.

The man with the gun shot in their di­rec­tion and the of­fi­cer re­turned fire. The men then ran away.

The 33-year-old dri­ver was shot in her hand as she drove away up­on hear­ing the gun­shots.

The of­fi­cer hid in a patch of bush­es un­til col­leagues re­spond­ed to re­ports of the shoot­ing.

The of­fi­cers searched the com­mu­ni­ty for the gun­men and found one ly­ing in an emp­ty lot.

He was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex in Mt Hope where he was pro­nounced dead.

Crime scene in­ves­ti­ga­tors vis­it­ed the area where the shoot­ing oc­curred and re­cov­ered two spent shells.

Both vic­tims were not of­fi­cial­ly iden­ti­fied, up to late yes­ter­day.

In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing. - Derek Achong