The fa­tal shoot­ing of a 30-year-old labour­er by po­lice in Moru­ga on Fri­day has sparked calls from his fam­i­ly for a thor­ough in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the in­ci­dent.

Po­lice said around 1.30 am, of­fi­cers from the Mara­bel­la Po­lice Sta­tion act­ed on in­for­ma­tion re­gard­ing a rob­bery sus­pect and went to a wood­en struc­ture in St Mary’s Vil­lage along Moru­ga Road.

Be­fore en­ter­ing the struc­ture, po­lice said of­fi­cers an­nounced their pres­ence but en­coun­tered Ro­mario “Bran­don” Bor­neo, al­so called Banky and Loren­zo, who matched the de­scrip­tion of the sus­pect. Of­fi­cers claimed Bor­neo point­ed a firearm at them and de­spite com­mands for him to drop the weapon, he did not com­ply and was shot. He was tak­en to the Princes Town Health Fa­cil­i­ty, where he was pro­nounced dead . A home­made shot­gun and a sin­gle 12-gauge car­tridge were re­port­ed­ly re­cov­ered from the scene.