Two men were killed in a shootout with police yesterday after a reported carjacking and high-speed daylight chase. Dead are Kareem Stewart, of Racecourse Road, Carapo, and Keyon Guy, of Arima, both of whom are known to the police, according to Superintendent Johnny Abraham.
He said the men were killed after a crime spree which began Tuesday around 9 pm, when four armed men stole a black Nissan Navara in the St Margaret’s area. The four reportedly proceeded to Arima where, early yesterday morning, they stole a brown Toyota Hilux from a family. An all-points bulletin was issued and the Navara was spotted hours later along Todd’s Road, travelling towards Caparo.
Police from the Central Division and the Northern Division combined and tracked down the vehicle, then engaged in a high-speed chase on Todd’s Road when the driver tried to get away. The Navara eventually crashed into a ditch off the side of the road. Two men came out of the vehicle and shot at police before escaping on foot, officers said. Not long after, the other two men who were in the Hilux also crashed about quarter-of-a-mile from where the Navara ran off the road.
Police said they later spotted the two men from the Hilux in a white Nissan AD station wagon and pursued them. According to police, the men came out the vehicle and fired at them. The police returned fire and wounded the men whom they then took to the Chaguanas Health Centre where they were pronounced dead on arrival. Police recovered a shotgun, a 9mm pistol and several rounds of ammunition. The search for the escaped pair is continuing.