The Tribune

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

POLICE shot a suspect and arrested two others after a high speed chase in the capital early yesterday morning.

The third police shooting in three days.

According to reports, police were on routine patrol around 4.15am in the area of Balfour Avenue and East Street when they observed the occupants of a white Toyota Corolla acting suspiciously.

When police attempted to pull the vehicle over the driver sped off and a chase ensued.

Police created a barricade in the area of the Town Center Mall to stop the suspects however once of the men fired shots at the officers and drove through the Texaco Service Station.

Moments later, howeverthe suspects crashed in to a median on a service road east of British American on Independence Highway.

The men were ordered by police to exit the vehicle but instead the driver allegedly attempted to run the officers over.

Officers then withdrew their service weapons and fired at the suspects. The vehicle came to a stop and three men exited the car.

One of the men had a gunshot wound to the right hand. He was taken to hospital where he was treated and discharged.

Active investigations continue.

According to unconfirmed reports, this is the twenty-third non-fatal police involved shooting of the year.

On Tuesday, police shot a 23-year-old man  in the arm by police after attempting to escape from custody.

The incident occurred shortly before 1pm y after the suspect, a resident of Baillou Hill Road, attempted to escape officers at the South-Central Police Station.

According to a police source, when officers allowed the suspect to use the bathroom, he pushed them out of the way and ran out of the station.

“The officer got his police service weapon and shot the suspect in the right arm. The officers were able to recapture the suspect with the assistance of concerned citizens,” the source said.

He is listed in sable condition.

On Monday, an 18-year-old St James Road man was shot by officers when he was suspected of breaking into a house.

According to a Police Band member and resident of Reiax Drive, Penny Saving Bank Sub-division, two homes in the area were broken into last week. As a result, the officer had been monitoring the neighbourhood.

While at the back of his home, he heard noises coming from a neighbour’s house and noticed some young men trying to enter a rear door of an unfinished apartment.

Responding to the report of a house burglary in progress, police said they were confronted by the suspect who was armed with a knife. 

According to a police source, he was shot in the right side of the abdomen and the left arm while in the bathroom.

Active investigations into both matters continue.