A 23 year old man has been detained by police following the fatal shooting of Police Constable Dale Mayers who was last attached to the Northern Division.
The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service says at around 11pm on Monday, police officers went to the Port of Spain General Hospital where they met with hospital staff who reported that a man was brought into the facility with gunshot wounds.
The suspect, who fitted the general appearance and physical description of the assailant involved in the shooting incident, was detained.
PC Mayers was shot in a botched robbery attempt at a Chaguanas business place on Monday night. He succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment at hospital.