Twenty-two year old Santa Cruz resident Antonio Mathews is dead, following an alleged shoot-out with police on Friday night.
Around 10 pm, officers were on an exercise and went to Moraldo Trace, Sam Boucaud, Santa Cruz to interview Mathews, a suspect wanted in connection with shootings and other offences, when they said they were greeted with fire as they approached the man’s home.
Police said they returned fire hitting Mathews.
He was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital where he was declared dead.
A silver Beretta with two rounds of 9mm ammunition and an extended magazine was recovered at the scene.
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