Two Men Killed, Police Officer Wounded in Buccoo Shootout

Police say one gun was recovered after a deadly shootout on Golden Grove Road, Buccoo, in which Jamal Clarke, 24, and another man were killed. Officers intercepted a silver Aqua acting on intelligence, exchanged gunfire with the occupants, and one officer was also injured and hospitalised overnight.

Two suspected gunmen were killed and a police officer injured after officers exchanged fire with occupants of a silver Toyota Aqua on Golden Grove Road, Buccoo, Tobago, on Wednesday night. One man was identified as Jamal Clarke, alias “Shilo,” and the shooting was Tobago’s first fatal police-involved incident of 2026, coming as new anti-crime measures and security posts are rolled out on the island.

Two suspected gunmen were killed and a police officer injured in a shootout with police in Buccoo, Tobago, on Wednesday night, after officers intercepted a silver Toyota Aqua on Golden Grove Road. The clash is Tobago’s first police-involved fatal shooting of 2026 and comes days after the Special Operations Bill, which gives authorities stronger anti-crime powers on the island.

Two men were killed in a shootout with police on Golden Grove Road in southwest Tobago on Thursday evening after officers on covert duty tried to approach their vehicle. One police officer was injured and taken to Scarborough General Hospital, while authorities said the scene was still being processed and more details would be released Friday.