A multi-crime suspect linked to disturbing social media footage of weapons violations was shot and killed by Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) officers during a tactical arrest operation in San Fernando’s Union Hall neighborhood last Tuesday, official police records confirm. Twenty-one-year-old Damian Lewis, who had been named as a person of interest in an array of serious offenses ranging from home invasion and theft to sexual violence against a minor, was tracked to Apartment 3A of Building 32 in the Cypress Ridge residential complex after law enforcement received credible intelligence on his location.
Arriving at the property just after 12:15 p.m., the two responding officers immediately identified themselves as law enforcement to the people inside the apartment and notified them of the planned enforcement action. A search of the space revealed Lewis had concealed himself in the apartment’s ceiling cavity. The suspect eventually lost his footing and fell through the drywall into an adjacent room, and according to official police accounts, he immediately drew a loaded weapon and pointed it directly at the attending officers.
Facing an imminent threat to their safety, the two officers followed TTPS protocol for use of force, each firing a single round from their issued service pistols toward Lewis. The suspect was hit in the chest and leg, causing him to drop the firearm. Officers secured the scene, seized the weapon, and rushed Lewis to San Fernando General Hospital in an official police vehicle. Despite emergency intervention, Lewis was pronounced dead at 2:08 p.m. that same day.
During the search of the apartment, law enforcement took a second man into custody on charges of illegal ammunition possession. Forensic examination of the seized weapon identified it as a Smith and Wesson pistol with partially erased serial numbers, loaded with 12 9-millimeter rounds ready for firing. The incident remains part of a standard procedural review consistent with police policy for officer-involved shootings.