An unidentified man described by police as mentally ill was shot and killed by police yesterday morning after he assaulted a police officer.
According to police, around 8.15 am members of the Arima Crime Patrol Unit responded to a report that a man armed with a cutlass at Heights of Aripo was threatening pedestrians.
When the officers went to the scene they found the man brandishing the weapon in a threatening manner.
The officers first attempted to coax the man into going for counselling before wrestling the cutlass out of the his hand.
The man then reportedly picked up a stone and bashed Cpl Seulal in the head before he was shot by another officer.
The man was taken to the Arima Health Facility where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Cpl Seulal, police said, underwent emergency surgery and is now in a stable condition.