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The two men killed by po­lice in a fa­tal shoot­ing in Va­len­cia on Wednes­day have been iden­ti­fied as De­shawn Brown, of Tumpuna Road, Ari­ma; and Stephon Lopez (AKA Stephen Perkins), of Co­corite Road, Ari­ma.

Mean­while, a third man who was killed by po­lice dur­ing an al­leged con­fronta­tion at Or­ange Grove Road South, Tacarigua—al­so on Wednes­day —re­mained uniden­ti­fied yes­ter­day.

Brown and Perkins were al­leged­ly con­front­ed by of­fi­cers of the An­ti-Ex­tor­tion Unit around 4.50 pm, as they re­spond­ed to in­for­ma­tion that the oc­cu­pants of a car were trans­port­ing firearms along the Va­len­cia Old Road.