(Trinidad Express) A municipal police officer was shot and killed by three men who attempted to carjack him along the Uriah Butler Highway near the Grand Bazaar traffic lights on Monday night.
The victim was identified as PC Jason Thomas, 37, from Cashew Gardens, Longdenville, who was attached to the Couva Municipal Police.
Details were sketchy as investigating officers were still at the scene, but police said Thomas was plying his vehicle, a Nissan Almera, licensed HCH861, for hire when he was attacked by the three men who had pretended to be passengers.
Police believe Thomas may have been coming from Chaguanas heading to Curepe as he approached the intersection, when one of the “passengers” is believed to have pulled a gun and announced a hold-up. Police believe Thomas resisted, stopped the car and ran out the vehicle with the keys.
