Morning all… Unfortunately there was an Incident on Hutton road (the St Anns area) this morning. At around 2/ 2:30am a man was shot and killed. Apparently he was by a friend and when the friend’s girlfriend arrived at home. A man followed the woman on to the property. Upon seeing the man following the woman one of the guys tried to fight him off but was unaware there were 2 other guys outside in a vehicle. One of the guys outside pulled a gun and started shooting and the man was shot and killed…
The trend of persons following you inside on your arrival home is rising. Please watch your surroundings and stay vigilant even when on your own property and once home make your way inside ASAP. Stay safe and stay alert and remember to always be your neighbour’s keeper…

MURDER IN SAN FERNANDO

Two persons were shot in a vehicle at Friendship Village in St John’s , San Fernando.

The male occupant of the vehicle, identified as Jesse Jacob, died on the scene, while the female occupant was rushed to the hospital and is said to be in a stable condition.

SHOOTING IN TAROPDALE GARDENS: MURDER VICTIM’S NEPHEW SHOT

Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident Swamber’s nephew Atiba Jeremiah was shot six times at Taropdale Gardens yesterday.

In an interview with Guardian Media, Jeremiah’s mother said he had just parked his car around 2.20 am and was about to enter his house when the gunshots rang out.

He got shot on his head, groin, chest and hands. Six shots he picked up and he is in ICU now,” the distraught mother said. She denied that Jeremiah’s shooting was linked to Swamber’s murder.

“That has nothing to do with this. Envy is a hell of a thing,” she said. Police said they are yet to arrest anyone for the Taradale shooting.

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*Man shot in Diego Martin succumbs to injuries*

A San Juan man who was shot in Diego Martin has succumbed to his injuries, officials said.

According to police reports, 28-year-old Nicholas Lee, from Bagatelle Extension, San Juan, succumbed to his injuries at the Port of Spain General Hospital around 10.30 pm on Wednesday night.

Lee was shot along Cemetery Street, Diego Martin, on Wednesday morning.

According to police reports, around 5.20 am on Wednesday, residents of Upper Cemetery Street, heard gunshots.

Upon investigating, they found Lee lying in a pool of blood along the roadway near an abandoned house.

He had been shot to the head.

The police were notified and the injured man was rushed for medical treatment, however, he eventually died.

Investigations are continuing.

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MURDER IN MORUGA: GRANNY KILLED IN HOME INVASION

A Moruga grandmother is the country’s latest murder victim.

Merle Singh, 65,was shot dead during a home invasion.

Singh’s grandson, who is in the his 30s and whose name was not yet given by police, was beaten.

Police said around 4.30 am when Singh and the grandson were asleep at least two armed men stormed the house at Cachipe Village.

The men shot Singh, beat the grandson, and ransacked the house searching for valuables.

The killers ran out and escaped.

Officers of the Moruga police, Southern Division Task Force and homicide Region III responded.

EXPRESS REPORT

A 47-year-old woman was killed this morning in San Juan.

The victim has been identified as Jill Ann Jerome, of Bushe Street North, San Juan.

At about 9am, she was walking along Bushe Street South when someone gunned her down.

The police were notified and Jerome was taken to the Mt Hope Hospital where she died.

The Express was told that Jerome was “known to the police” as she and another relative have been linked to firearm related offences in the past.

However, they could not definitively say if this was the cause for the killing or what was the motive.

The killing has taken the homicide toll up to 300.

A Ch­agua­nas busi­ness­man was mur­dered in El So­cor­ro this morn­ing mo­ments he dropped his wife to work. Shi­raz Ali, 52, of Ed­in­burgh 500, was shot dead as he sat in his white Maz­da sta­tion wag­on on Bound­ary Road Ex­ten­sion.

Ali dropped his wife off at Fla­vorite Foods Lim­it­ed at around 6.30am. As he drove past the Aranguez North Sec­ondary School a car pulled along­side him and one of the oc­cu­pants opened fire, killing him. Po­lice are cur­rent­ly on the scene of the mur­der.

In an­oth­er ear­ly morn­ing shoot­ing, Nigel Bel­lot was killed at his home on Carr Lane, Bel­mont.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, the 55-year-old man was in his bed­room with his girl­friend when he heard a bang­ing noise at his door. When he opened the door, a gun­man shot him mul­ti­ple times about the body. He died at the scene.

Po­lice say Bel­lot had been de­port­ed back to T&T a few years ago but was not known to them.

Guardian Me­dia will give up­dates on these de­vel­op­ing sto­ries as they come to hand.

Hours af­ter the mur­der of PH dri­ver Ashar Kir­by at the carpark of KFC West­moor­ings, an en­tourage of po­lice of­fi­cers launched a mas­sive ex­er­cise in L’anse Mi­tan, Care­nage.

Four peo­ple were ar­rest­ed dur­ing the op­er­a­tion which start­ed at around 4.30 am. Sources said three of the peo­ple held are from Up­per L’anse Mi­tan and one oth­er from an ad­ja­cent street.

The ex­er­cise, which in­volved po­lice of­fi­cers from sev­er­al units in­clud­ing the In­ter-Agency Task Force, end­ed at around left about 8.30 am. It is not known if any of the peo­ple ar­rest­ed are con­nect­ed Thurs­day night’s in­ci­dent.

Sources told Guardian Me­dia, Kir­by picked up Ja­mal “Etum­bay” Samuel and his girl­friend and took them to KFC out­let at West­moor­ings.

The woman told po­lice she went in­to the KFC out­let, bought a meal, dropped it off on the car and re­turned in­to the restau­rant to col­lect the drinks. She said she heard loud ex­plo­sions and saw two gun­men shoot­ing from a dis­tance at the Almera mo­tor ve­hi­cle. The in­ci­dent oc­curred at about 10.30 pm.

Kir­by was shot sev­er­al times and died min­utes lat­er, while Samuel es­caped with non-life threat­en­ing in­juries. Po­lice be­lieve the shoot­ing was gang-re­lat­ed.

Res­i­dents of L’anse Mi­tan said they were con­fused when they woke up this morn­ing and saw sev­er­al po­lice ve­hi­cles and po­lice of­fi­cers mov­ing in­to homes and con­duct­ing search­es.

“We don’t know who they came look­ing for but they were very busy and on­ly up and down the road, ” said one res­i­dent who wished not to be iden­ti­fied.

She said she has been liv­ing in the area for more than 60 years and blames crim­i­nal gangs and gang-re­lat­ed ac­tiv­i­ties on “out­siders” who have in­fil­trat­ed the “peace­ful and hilly fish­ing vil­lage.”

The res­i­dent told Guardian Me­dia: “Here is a re­al nice place but it have a lot of young peo­ple that grow up here and they are be­friend­ing peo­ple from oth­er ar­eas and bring­ing them here and har­bour­ing them and they are the ones who are the bad in­flu­encers and caus­ing the trou­ble.”

A group of res­i­dents sit­ting near a mi­ni-mart re­fused to say much about the in­crease of crime in the area be­cause they said they were afraid of be­com­ing tar­gets of the crim­i­nals. How­ev­er, there have been re­ports of spo­radic gun­shots in the area al­most dai­ly.

In the past four months, po­lice and sol­diers have car­ried out nu­mer­ous ex­er­cis­es and ar­rest­ed sus­pects var­i­ous of­fences, in­clud­ing pos­ses­sion of arms and am­mu­ni­tion pos­ses­sion, il­le­gal drugs and shoot­ing in­ci­dents.

Nigel Bellot was murdered at his home on Carr Street, Belmont.

According to reports, the 55 year old man was in his bedroom with his girlfriend when he heard a banging noise at his door.

On investigating, a gunman shot Bellot multiple times about the body.

He died on the scene.

Police say Bellot had been deported a few years ago but was not known to them.

They are continuing investigations.

Good day all.
…….. I remember him as a perfect gentleman. Word going around is that elements in his area were constantly harassing his girl friend and he apparently stood up for her.

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MURDER IN SAN JUAN: ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED

A shooting incident at Goose Lane in El Socorro earlier today has left one man dead and two others injured.

The deceased was identified as 25 year old Kadeem Charles also known as ‘Reddo’ .

Also injured in the same incident are 19 year old Ebony Mc Bernie [shot in the leg] and Jameel De Gazon [shot in the stomach].

The three are said to be from Beetham Gardens.

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MURDER IN D’ABADIE: TWO WOMEN SHOT, ONE DEAD

The girlfriend of a well known, shooter and murder accused was shot multiple times about the body this morning following a shooting incident at Reid Lane in D’abadie.

According to reports, two women were liming on the block when they allegedly gave some men an ‘attitude’

Sources said that the men returned and opened fire on the two women.

The first woman, a mother of two, was shot multiple times about the body, where she was listed in a critical condition.

She succumbed to her injuries today.

The other woman was shot twice and is to be in a critical but stable condition (no photo). She remains hospitalized.

 

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MURDER IN CARENAGE: WOMAN KILLED

A woman only identified as Justina David was shot but died at the hospital, while a man was also shot in the same incident and is listed in a critical condition. He was only identified as alias Bobo.

The shooting reportedly took place at Lanse Mitan Road in Carenage.

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MURDER IN MORVANT

A man identified as Dominic Collins was shot during a robbery at a car wash located at Morvant Old Road around 5pm this afternoon.

The victim was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.

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MURDER IN MORVANT: A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY?

A man identified as Kevin Semper also known as Worm was shot multiple times last night around 11pm while playing cards with some other men at Wallace Road in Chinapoo in Morvant.

According to sources, there is a place in Chinapoo that is known for playing card games [gambling]. Two days ago, two men were seen arguing over a card game. Apparently, the argument was so intense, sources stated that one of the men issued a ‘hit’ on the other man. However, the man gave the gunmen a physical description of the man.

Unfortunately, the intended target and the now deceased had a similar physical appearance.

Last night, two men entered the area were the card games usually take place, they bought a drink and looked around.

They eventually spot Semper sitting at the corner of the place, and they approached him and opened fire.

The other persons there at the time scampered for safety.

Semper was hit multiple times.

The men fled the scene.

Sources told us that this murder may also be a case of mistaken identity.

The is the second mistaken identity murder, in the past week.

The first according to the police is Christon Smith, the 16 year old, who was shot dead in Guayaguayare.

NOTE: Tevin Semper did not reside at Wallace Road in Chinapoo Morvant.

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Around 5:30 am on Wednesday 10th July 2019 residents of the Upper Dundonald Hill area heard several loud explosions. Sometime later the body of Asward Wiltshire, identied by his mother Elsa Wiltshire was discovered in some nearby bushes. Officers of the St James Police Station, WDTF, Inspector Petti responded. Patrols from ERP, WDTF and St James covered the said between the hours of 6:00pm and 6:00am

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GANG RAPE VICTIM, FATHER SILENCED

At first the double murder of a father and daughter was linked to an ongoing land dispute but police are now investigating a theory that the woman, a victim of a gang rape, was the main target to be silenced.

Investigators from the Homicide Bureau said they had information that the order to kill came from prison.

The family of the victims would only say: “There is another angle to this…they only saying land dispute but there’s something else and the police knows.”

According to police sources, Sarah’s attackers were subsequently arrested and charged with several offences.

Investigations said yesterday the matter had “reached a sensitive stage.”

Police said around 10 pm on Wednesday, a gunman leaped over the wall of the family’s home at Williams Street, El Socorro and killed Elliot Veerasammy, 62, and his 32-year-old daughter, Sarah.

According to a family friend, Sarah, who had a mental disability, was described as “slow” and had been gang raped about a decade ago.

The friend described Sarah as a “loving, kind and caring person.”

Her mother died of cancer about 11 years ago and her uncle, Rodney, had been sentenced to serve four years in jail in 2008 after breaching a restraining order and assaulted her father.

The rivalry between the brothers stemmed from a dispute over the properties in San Juan left by their parents.

Veerasammy was an A-class welder and a wire bender and did work for several Carnival bandleaders and others in the artform.

An autopsy report revealed that Sarah was shot once to the head while her father was shot multiple times also to the head and upper body. The autopsies were conducted at the Forensic Science Centre in St James.

Both father and daughter were at their home at Williams Street when a gunman stormed into the house firing at least 20 gunshots.

Their bodies were found in the living room of the house just behind the main front door to enter.

Speaking with the Guardian Media on Thursday, a neighbour said he heard the volley of gunshots and when he looked around he saw the gunman jumping over Veerasammy’s front gate and escaping in a waiting silver car.

The neighbour described Veerasammy as a “quiet man.”

“He would never interfere with anyone, always quiet and humble.”

Initially, police officers believed that the incident was linked to a domestic dispute over land between Verasammy and a close male relative.

However, new evidence suggests a second theory which investigators are actively pursuing.

In January, Veerasammy’s brother Rodney was sentenced to four years in prison for assaulting Elliot in 2008 by Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas.

According to the facts of the case, Rodney had breached a restraining order and barged into Veerasammy’s house and assaulted him.

COURTESY GUARDIAN

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MURDER IN MORVANT: ONE WOMAN KILLED; TWO OTHERS INJURED

A shooting incident that happened at 1 a.m. on Sunday in Redhill in Morvant, has left one woman dead and two other women injured.
Jewel Williams, 23, of Redhill Ext. Morvant succumbed injuries at the hospital after she was shot in the head. One of the women was shot in the upper part of the body while the other in the hand.

According to reports, Williams was returning home in a vehicle when a lone gunman opened fire on the car.

It is suspected that the gunman did not recognize the vehicle and thought it was gunmen coming into the area.

Several shots were fired at the vehicle.

All three women were taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital however, Williams succumbed to her injuries on July 01,2019

There were five murders on Sunday.

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SHOOTING IN SANTA CRUZ: MAN IN CRITICAL CONDITION

A man identified only as alias “STONEMAN” was shot multiple times at La Canoa in Santa Cruz.

He was taken to the hospital where he is listed in a critical condition.