Police last night confirmed that a policeman was removed from front line duty and his weapon seized for ballistic testing, following yesterday's killing of another policeman on premises on Lady Musgrave Avenue (off Lady Musgrave Road) in St Andrew.

Constable Floyd Barrett from the Motorised Police Patrol Division was shot dead after he and others responded to reports of drugs and guns being at the premises.

The Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI) is probing the death. The interdicted policeman's hands have also been swabbed.

THE STAR learnt that Barrett was killed by a bullet, believed to be discharged from the weapon of another policeman, sometime after 1 p.m. when it is believed that two groups of lawmen responded to the same assignment.

Shots were reportedly fired and Barrett was hit before being rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Assistant Commissioner Granville Gause, head of the BSI, was one of a number of officers seen at the premises when THE STAR arrived there yesterday. Crime chief for the Area 4 Deputy Superintendent Michael Phipps was also present, as investigators cordoned off the area for clues to what had occurred.