A forty-five-year-old West Berbice man was shot dead by police during a confrontation at No. 30 Village in Berbice yesterday.

Reports are that police shot Daniel Usher, also known as Shaggy, when he attacked them with a cutlass around midday yesterday.

The police had been attempting to arrest Usher on a charge of threatening language.

Some residents confirmed that Usher was armed with a cutlass at the time but added that he had stopped running behind the Policemen and had stooped to pelt one of them with a stone when he was shot.

The residents said that Usher was a cow-minder and he was prone to being mentally unstable at times.

Reports yesterday said that the shooting was being investigated by senior officials of the Police Force.