WHAT began as a business transaction in St Joseph on March 15, ended with a man being shot dead by police in Las Lomas after a company salesman was robbed at gunpoint.

Around 9 am on March 15, the salesman, driving a silver Honda City, met with a customer at Rafferty Street, St Joseph, to deliver a quantity of tools.

The suspect paid for the tools, but as the salesman was about to stamp the receipt, the suspect pointed a gun to the back of salesman’s head.