POLICE shot and killed a third man on Friday night after two other men were killed by officers earlier that day in Mt Hope.

The two killed in Mt Hope remained unidentified up to last night but the man who was killed on Friday night was identified as Kyle Harewood, 24, of Clara Street, Le Platte Village, Maraval.

Police said that around 10.47 p.m. officers from the Gang Unit and the Western Division Task Force had sped into Maraval when they received information about a man dressed in dark clothing walking around with a gun in the Morne Coco Road area.