Phillip “The Boss” Boodram, a convicted kidnapper and well known drug lord, was one of three men shot and killed by police during a shoot-out in Esperanza, Couva on Saturday afternoon.
The other men were identified as Malick Paul of Railway Road and Gerard Thorington of Goodwill Road, Enterprise.
Reports state that around 1pm, Central Division CID and Gang Unit officers were chasing robbery suspects in a van and when they attempted to intercept said van, the occupants fired shots at them.
Phillip ‘The Boss’ Boodram
The officers were forced to return fire, hitting the three occupants.
The injured men were taken to the Couva health facility, where they were declared dead.
Three loaded guns were found at the scene.
Boodram, of California in Couva, was released from prison in June. He was convicted along with four others of the 2005 kidnapping of businesswoman Samdaye Rampersad.
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