The murder toll in Trinidad has jumped to 12 following five murders on the weekend.
The latest victim was discovered by officers of the Inter Agency Task Force yesterday while they were on patrol in the Laventille area.
The man was found in a pool of blood, with gunshot wounds to his head, chest and arm, around 3 am yesterday. He remained unidentified up to press time. The discovery was made by officers who were on patrol at Eastern Quarry, Laventille.
Four murders were recorded in 11 hours on Saturday.
- Around 5 a.m. on Saturday Mark “Teets” Joseph, 26, was shot dead inside his Mahogany Drive apartment at Malabar in Arima.
- Kerron Decarreau, 22, also of Mahogany Drive, was shot standing outside his home a short while after. Police believe Joseph and Decarreau were killed as a reprisal for the murder of Jeremy James, 22, last Thursday.
- In a separate incident, Marvin Harewood, 31, was shot dead outside his Riverside Drive, La Puerta, Diego Martin, home around 5 a.m. on Saturday. Harewood’s girlfriend was also shot during the incident.
- The fourth of the victims to be killed in the 11-hour timeframe was 24-year-old Kevin Brown.
