Home invasion suspect held after Wallerfield shooting

A 23-year-old Ari­ma man iden­ti­fied as a per­son of in­ter­est in a re­cent home in­va­sion re­mains in po­lice cus­tody af­ter a shoot­ing in­volv­ing of­fi­cers in Waller­field on Wednes­day night.

Ac­cord­ing to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), of­fi­cers as­signed to the North­ern Di­vi­sion Crim­i­nal In­ves­ti­ga­tions De­part­ment re­spond­ed to re­ports of loud ex­plo­sions along An­tigua Road, Waller­field, around 9 pm on Oc­to­ber 14.

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The of­fi­cers left their un­marked ve­hi­cle and walked about 50 feet along a dirt road sur­round­ed by bush­es, where they saw a group of men stand­ing be­side a gold-coloured Nis­san B13.