The police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of their colleague at a police station here early Thursday morning.
Investigators believe that Constable Govindra Ramroop, 36, was accidentally shot by a colleague who was cleaning his service weapon.
The police report that shortly after midnight, Ramroop was at the police station when a loud explosion was heard.
He was later found bleeding from a gunshot wound to his lower abdomen.
Ramroop was rushed to hospital where was pronounced dead at 12.45 a.m.
An autopsy is expected to be conducted at the Forensic Sciences Centre.
This happened in Trinidad