March 16, 2020

A “Police Involved” Shooting in Morvant.

By Newsroom

One man was killed following a police-involved shooting incident in the Morvant district this morning. Officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) , spearheaded by ACP Balram and supervised by Sergeant  Mark Hernandez were conducting an anti-crime exercise in the Morvant area around 7:30am, on Monday “when they observed a group of men gathered in an abandoned building..” “Upon seeing the officers, the men ran off. One of the suspects however, turned and pointed a firearm at the officers, who in accordance with the Use of Force policy, shot at the gunman, hitting him about the body,” a news release from the Trinidad nd Tobago Police Service, (TTPS) stated. The suspect, identified as 26-year-old Brandon Rojas, of Movant, was taken to Port of Spain General Hospital, where he died. One firearm was recovered from the scene. At the time, police were searching for an escaped prisoner. The search is ongoing for the other men who escaped.
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