Police shoot, kill ‘Ninja’

Police said that at 9.30 pm, officers on patrol along Upper 7th Avenue, Malick saw Awong acting in a suspicious manner. When they approached him, he drew a firearm and began shooting.

The police shot back and Awong was shot multiple times. Police took him to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. Police recovered a firearm from the scene.

An autopsy at the Forensic Science Centre in St James yesterday confirmed Awong was shot four times in the chest. His lungs were damaged and his heart perforated by two bullets. Pathologists told Newsday yesterday that there was no evidence to suggest that he was running away.

When Awong was shot, he was facing the police the pathologist ruled. Investigations are ongoing.