Escaped murder accused shot dead by police in Vistabella

An es­caped mur­der ac­cused was shot dead by po­lice dur­ing an op­er­a­tion in Vista­bel­la on Fri­day night.

Po­lice said of­fi­cers went to a house on Fa­bi­en Street af­ter re­ceiv­ing in­tel­li­gence that the fugi­tive was hid­ing there.

Ac­cord­ing to the TTPS, the man was armed when of­fi­cers found him and did not com­ply with in­struc­tions to drop the weapon. Po­lice said he then con­front­ed of­fi­cers, who opened fire.

He was tak­en to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he was pro­nounced dead.

Po­lice said a .22 cal­i­bre re­volver loaded with three rounds of am­mu­ni­tion was found at the scene.

The man had es­caped cus­tody at the Ari­ma Hos­pi­tal on Ju­ly 3 while fac­ing charges of mur­der, at­tempt­ed mur­der and wound­ing with in­tent.

A woman was ar­rest­ed on sus­pi­cion of har­bour­ing an es­caped pris­on­er and re­mains in po­lice cus­tody. No of­fi­cers were in­jured.

Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro said the op­er­a­tion was based on in­tel­li­gence and warned that any­one who helps fugi­tives can face crim­i­nal charges.