Cops kill man in Arima shootout

A Care­nage man was shot dead by po­lice af­ter al­leged­ly point­ing a firearm at of­fi­cers while at­tempt­ing to evade cap­ture fol­low­ing a high-speed chase through Mal­abar and Ari­ma ear­ly Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

The de­ceased has been iden­ti­fied as Karlise Hart, of Lanse Mi­tan Road, Care­nage.

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Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, the in­ci­dent be­gan around 12.50 am on Sat­ur­day, when of­fi­cers on pa­trol along Koon Koon Street, Mal­abar, ob­served a red Nis­san Almera with three men who re­port­ed­ly ap­peared to be act­ing sus­pi­cious­ly.