Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter

A man who allegedly engaged a police/military team in a shoot-out was among two men who were fatally shot in separate incidents on Sunday night.

The unidentified man is believed to be about 20 years old and is of slim build, and dark complexion.

Police reports are that about 9:30 p.m. a joint police/military team was conducting an operation in Norwood district, St. James. During the operation, the team reportedly encountered a group of men who opened fire on the security forces. The fire was returned, after which the man was found suffering from gunshot wounds.

He was taken to the Cornwall Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. A home-made handgun with one round of ammunition was also reportedly seized in the incident.

Meanwhile forty-eight-year-old Calbert Richards of Bullards district, York Town in Clarendon, was also shot dead on Sunday night.

Reports are that about 10:15 p.m., Richards was at home when four men entered and proceeded to his bedroom where they reportedly shot him several times before escaping. He died on the spot.