(Trinidad Express) A man and his female companion are dead following a shoot-out with police on Friday night.
A bar patron and a police officer were also wounded in the shooting at the corner of La Canoa Road and Sun Valley Extension at around 9.30 pm.
Police said officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) were conducting an exercise in the area when they attempted to stop a vehicle.
The driver pointed a firearm at the officers and began shooting, police said.
The officers responded, hitting the driver and a woman who was seated in the front passenger seat.
Police said officers were also fired upon by a man hiding in some nearby bushes. The officers responded but the man escaped.
A police officer was shot in the left leg. And a man who was seated at a nearby bar was hit in the shoulder, police said.
The four people were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where the driver and his female passenger were pronounced dead.
The dead driver has been identified as Roshon King. The police said that officers recovered a loaded firearm and ammunition from the vehicle he was driving.
The wounded police officer and bar patron were treated and discharged.
An eyewitness, who posted to social media, said King was taking his pregnant girlfriend for a drive to purchase food when the shooting happened.
The eyewitness denied that the occupants of the vehicle shot at the officers.
“Four police jeeps were speeding and the car was driving and the police just jump out and spray up the car. The woman was pregnant. She was going to buy wings to eat down the road. This is not right,” the woman claimed.
