A person was fatally shot by police throughout an operation early this morning within the Tavern Gully space of Lawrence Tavern, St. Andrew.
The person, whose id has not but been confirmed, was reportedly armed with an unlawful firearm that has since been seized by regulation enforcement.
The focused operation, carried out by safety forces, started within the early hours and remains to be ongoing. Particulars surrounding the circumstances of the taking pictures are underneath investigation.
Lawrence Tavern, situated within the St. Andrew North Police Division, has been underneath elevated scrutiny as a result of a spike in murders final yr. Efforts by regulation enforcement to curtail violence within the space seem like intensifying with the brand new yr.