A man was shot and killed by po­lice dur­ing an an­ti-crime op­er­a­tion in Cou­va last night, as Cen­tral Di­vi­sion of­fi­cers re­spond­ed to in­tel­li­gence on il­le­gal firearms and am­mu­ni­tion.

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro this morn­ing con­firmed that of­fi­cers en­tered a home in the dis­trict where they were con­front­ed by an armed man.

“Re­spond­ing to the im­me­di­ate threat, of­fi­cers dis­charged their ser­vice-is­sued weapons, in­jur­ing the sus­pect in the process. De­spite ef­forts to se­cure med­ical at­ten­tion at the Cou­va Health Fa­cil­i­ty, the in­di­vid­ual lat­er suc­cumbed to his in­juries,” Gue­var­ro said.