A 19-year-old man has been arrested after he fired at police. After a search of the suspect police discovered one Beretta pistol fitted with a magazine loaded with 10 rounds of ammunition.

According to the police statement: “One man was arrested and a firearm and quantity of ammunition seized by officers of the Northern Division Task Force, Area Central, following a police-involved shooting incident, which occurred in the Arouca district early this morning.

Officers were part of an Operation Strike Back Exercise around 2:50am, on Sunday 15th March 2020, when they received information about men with firearms at a party in the Arouca district.

Upon arriving at the location, two male suspects ran off and the officers gave chase. One of the men then turned and pointed a firearm in the direction of the officers, who in accordance with the Use of Force policy, shot at him. The gunman managed to escape by jumping over a wall. The second suspect was held a short distance away.”

Police are still searching for the second suspect.