The Tribune

POLICE shot dead a young man who pointed a handgun at officers on Sunday night at Providence Avenue near Infant View Road. He is the fifth man to die in shootings involving police since August 13.

The man shot on Sunday was one of a group of young men who had been reported with firearms in front of a home on Providence Avenue shortly after 10pm. When officers arrived, the men fled and, after a chase, police caught up with one of the males who pointed a handgun at them.

According to police reports, the officers, in defence of their lives, fired at him, fatally shooting him. The male was pronounced dead at the scene. Police recovered a handgun that the man had dropped to the ground.

The Coroner, Jeanine Weech-Gomez, visited the scene and has opened an investigation into the incident.

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