A policeman on interdiction was shot and killed in Comfort, Manchester on Tuesday around 10:30pm.
The deceased has been identified as Detective Constable Mario Thomas of an address in the parish.
Reports are that, Mario was last seen purchasing liquor at a bar in the community.
A lone gunman then approached Mario and fired several shots in his direction. Thomas ran and was chased and shot again.
The police were summoned and upon their arrival, they found 9mm spent casings and a bullet-riddled car.
Mario’s body was found the next morning in the Breezy Hill District of Comfort with multiple gunshot wounds.
Thomas was interdicted following his involvement in a murder at a bar in Manchester in January and a supermarket robbery in the parish in December 2022.
Thomas’s mother, Dallary Senior said this had been the third attempt on her son’s life since his licensed firearm was revoked.
“Them tek weh him firearm is like them left him fi them kill him,” Dallary said.