Residents of Mahaicony who witnessed the shooting death of the bandit on Friday afternoon have reported that the police shot at the bandits as they were escaping.
An accomplice who had escaped with the booty was later caught while trying to board a minibus.
The two had earlier broken into a house belonging to Veerapen Jebode, 58, and his wife, Gangawatti, 53, at Good Faith, Mahaicony and escaped with over $1 million in jewellery