A Carrera Island prison escapee who spent 25 months on the run was killed by police during a shootout on Monday.
According to police reports, Leroy “Redo” Mohammed was spotted in the Chaguanas area and identified as an escapee.
Police said they went to a house at Chase Village, Chaguanas around 7 pm after they were tipped off.
Officers said when they arrived Mohammed opened fire and tried to run away into some bushes.
The lawmen returned fire fatally wounding Mohammed who was pronounced dead moments after arriving at the Chaguanas Health Facility.
Police said they received reports that Mohammed, 36, had been hiding out in Diego Martin but recently moved into the Chaguanas area.
Mohammed was shot once in the neck by police prior to Monday’s incident.
He escaped from prison in 2003 but was re-arrested sometime later and convicted in 2009 for robbing a police inspector and patrons at a bar in 2001.
Mohammed, originally from Gasparillo, escaped in 2015 with cellmate Steve Mc Gilvery on August 31.
Mc Gilvery was serving a 30-year sentence for kidnapping and manslaughter in the abduction and death of Samdaye Rampersad. He was recaptured on July 21, after being shot by police in his hometown of Sea Lots.
The escape of the men took place less than two months after the daring escape from the Frederick Street prison of Allan “Scanny” Martin, Hassan Atwell and Christopher “Monster” Selby.
Martin was shot dead after being cornered at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital while Atwell was murdered as he sought refuge in East Port-of-Spain. Police officer Sherman Maynard was shot dead during the jailbreak.
Selby later surrendered to police. There are ongoing prison probes into both escapes.