The police fatally shot a man who allegedly pointed a gun at them during an operation in Ewarton, St Catherine this morning. The deceased has been identified by the police as Shawn McDermott, otherwise called ‘Rammy’, a 50-year-old labourer of Sterling Castle in Ewarton. The police reported that about 5:00 a.m., personnel went to the community of Whitehouse in Ewarton on a targeted operation. They say the team entered a premises and that McDermott reportedly opened a back door and pointed an illegal gun at the police.