A ban­dit was killed by po­lice dur­ing a con­fronta­tion with of­fi­cers yes­ter­day morn­ing, and three of his ac­com­plices were ar­rest­ed fol­low­ing a home in­va­sion.

Po­lice re­port­ed that around 3.10am, a 54-year-old busi­ness­man and his 32-year-old broth­er were on their way to their East­ern Main Road, Barataria home when they were am­bushed.

The ban­dits forced the broth­ers in­to their home, beat­ing them and de­mand­ing cash and valu­ables. The in­trud­ers robbed the broth­ers and four oth­ers who were at home, tak­ing a cell­phone and $2,500 cash from one of the broth­ers and a cell­phone from an­oth­er.