A po­lice of­fi­cer was shot dead and his li­censed firearm stolen dur­ing a sus­pect­ed rob­bery in Kel­ly Vil­lage, Ca­roni, late on Tues­day, while one of the al­leged at­tack­ers was al­so killed af­ter be­ing shot dur­ing the con­fronta­tion.

PC Romel Dou­glas, 48, was sit­ting in his white Nis­san Ti­i­da along South Bank Road, near Hy­draulic Trace, around 11.05 pm when gun­men con­front­ed him.

Ac­cord­ing to pre­lim­i­nary po­lice re­ports, the as­sailants opened fire, killing Dou­glas be­fore steal­ing his li­censed pis­tol.