Ke­jan Haynes

Po­lice shot and killed a man dur­ing a con­fronta­tion in Long­denville last night, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) said.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, around 10 p.m., of­fi­cers from the Long­denville Po­lice Post and the Cen­tral Di­vi­sion Task Force (CDTF) North were on pa­trol along Long­denville Old Road when they stopped a sus­pi­cious white Nis­san Ti­i­da.

One of the oc­cu­pants, iden­ti­fied as pri­or­i­ty firearm of­fend­er Nathaniel Git­tens, al­leged­ly opened fire on the of­fi­cers. Po­lice re­turned fire, hit­ting Git­tens.

Of­fi­cers took him to the Ch­agua­nas Health Cen­tre, where he was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival.

Po­lice said they re­cov­ered a Glock pis­tol and an ex­tend­ed mag­a­zine at the scene. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.