Police have shot and killed Phillip “The Boss” Boodram during an alleged shootout at Dow Village, California.
Boodram was freed from prison in June after 17 years on the charge that he was involved in kidnapping and burying a businesswoman alive.
Two other men were also shot by police. Officers alleged that several guns were recovered from the vehicle in which the men were occupants.
In other crime news, a 48 year old man was fatally shot while standing on the roadside in Siparia on Friday night.
Curtis Hospedales died outside Mahwah Chinese Restaurant on High Street at around 7pm. According to police reports, Hospedales was shot by a gunman who fled the scene.
Hospedales, who lived at La Brea Trace, Siparia, was said to have several convictions for narcotics and other offences.