Tuesday February 9th, 2010
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Five men shot dead
Published: 14 Sep 2009
Head of the Northern Division, Snr Supt Joseph Edwards, speaks on his cellphone at the scene of yesterday’s shooting which left five men dead and two others wounded at La Cabana club, Curepe.
BELOW: Two year-old Gabriella, left, and her sister, Gina Morris, three, embrace each other near the scene in which their father Glen was shot and killed in Curepe yesterday. PHOTOS: MARCUS GONZALES
More than 60 people attending a birth night party at a club in Curepe had to scamper for safety after two gunmen opened fire inside the establishment, killing five men and wounding two others, during the early hours of yesterday morning. The incident took place at La Cabana Club on Eccles Trace, Knowles Street. Police have identified the victims as Ray James, 23, of Jackson Street, Curepe, and Poinsettia Road, Macoya; Damian Punette, 24, of Knowles Street, Curepe; Hakeem Vickles, 17, of Bellsmyte Street, Curepe; Keron Charles, 24, of Armosvale Road, Moriah, Tobago, and Glen Morris, 26, of Bertie Road, Five Rivers, Arouca. All five victims, police said, died at the scene of the shooting. Their bodies were examined by the district medical officer who ordered them removed to the Forensic Science Centre, where autopsies are expected to be conducted today.
The injured are Kerwin Parris, 21, and Grima Selassie, 16, both of Arouca. Parris was shot in the foot while Selassie, a student at the University of the Southern Caribbean, sustained a gunshot wound to the shoulder. Both remained warded in stable condition at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex under police protection. According to police, the incident appeared to be a reprisal for an attack on 21-year-old Ricky Ali, who was severely chopped while liming at a Bar on Watts Street, Curepe. Police said James, who was recently released from the Youth Training Centre, (YTC), was identified as one of the men involved in the chopping. In that incident, one of the assailants had accused Ali of interfering with his girlfriend. Ali who sustained injuries to the head and back has since been discharged from hospital.
But around 2.30 yesterday morning, two men stormed the establishment, which was filled to capacity with patrons spilling onto the roadway and the recreation ground. The men approached the bar counter and opened fire. James was the first to be shot, followed by Punette who was standing next to him, police said. Most of the dead men were shot in their heads. The killers, police said, calmly left the establishment. Speaking with reporters at the scene, Morris’ mother Pamela said it was a sad moment for her family, especially Morris’ two young daughters. She believes Morris may have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. At his Curepe home, Nico Kelsey Hughes, Vickles’ only brother, described him as a very loving person who was dedicated to his studies. A team of officers led by ACP Barnett Mayers and Snr Supt Joseph Edwards, and including acting Supt David Abraham, acting ASP Johnny Abraham, Insps James and Corbett, Sgts Eric Parks and Ettienne, along with Cpl Hoyte and PC Rajkumar, visited the scene.
Parks is investigating.
play with fire & get
play with fire & get burned!no questions asked!live by the sword & die by de sword!
play with fire & get
play with fire & get burned!no questions asked!live by the sword & die by de sword!
Gun crime is clearly out of
Gun crime is clearly out of control and this is clearly evidence of it. Sounds like the wild west to me.
Whey all dee blimp and helichopta and dem when all dis was going on? Ah wonder eef dee police and dem 'had a vehicle' on dis occasion - look like dey find one dat was working - eh.
Anybody want to tell me if all this is on the way to Mr Manning's promised "Land o' milk and honey"? Wid all dat money flowing you mean to say they eh have nuff to blitz crime in dey own country. Somet'ing funny dey..but it's not laughing matter.
I say crime is being used to oppress people in T&T. That is the real agenda.
criminals have guns, we know
criminals have guns, we know that. they can go anywhere and shoot helpless people and walk out calmly, because they know there is a very small chance a civilian is armed, and this is how it is.
no legal guns for self defense. are you getting the guns off the criminal? its not happening.
currently there are two groups of gun owners, criminals and the police, where is the wild west.
criminals avoid the police, but you think its shoot first and take the gun after.
criminals dont like resistance, they are not as stupid as you think, they are smart cowards.
good people need guns to keep what they have, good people do not need to jump through a million hoops to get a gun.
criminals need guns to take what you have, they dont do hoops.
Police are Investigating
Police are Investigating .... yeah right!
worry not... tall (empty) buildings in Port of Spain will fix it all.
When I heard this story on
When I heard this story on the newscast last night I was deeply saddened. Condolences to the families of those killed!
It's very interesting that five people killed in a bar was not the main headline of the Guardian today though. Is this accepted as normal in Trinidad now? Or is there more happening behind the scenes at the editor's desk?
So HOW is this reporter SOOO
So HOW is this reporter SOOO sure that the incident is related to the chopping of the Mr. Ali who apparently was not at the scene?? He just tried and convicted that man in the newspaper!! If I were Mr. Ali (who has been the victim of a chopping), I would be speaking to a lawyer...and for more than one reason.
This is journalism?
Also my condolences to the
Also my condolences to the families of all those young people senselessly shot and killed. This is a national tragedy and represents a new low in this country as to the best of my knowledge such a situation is unprecedented....yet as someone else said it is relegated to second string on the front page?
Warren what do you do when
Warren what do you do when this is the level of Journalism in Trinidad? thank god for the Computer that can correct badly spelled words, that is how easy it is to be a Journalist, the writer just place a young man's life in danger that is what the writer did by that story
when would Trinidad really get proper people do do a proper job?
The reported in his article
The reported in his article stated that "According to Police...."
How is the reporter trying and convicting anyone?
maybe you should be convicted for lack of reading comprehension?
"The killers, police said,
"The killers, police said, calmly left the establishment."
Yet I am certain that there were no witnesses who can describe the killers.
We are now desensitised to story like these where murder and chaos seem to be the order of the day. By tomorrow, another senseless killing will take place somewhere else and steal the headlines. In a bid to "fast track" things, the police will label this as gang or drug related and not bother to really investigate this case. They have taken cue from their leader I guess.
WHAT JOURNALISM -
WHAT JOURNALISM -
What passes for media in Trinidad is,
1) Like political parties they are owned and controlled by the business class.
2) There is little or no fair and balanced reporting.
3) There purpose is to protect and further the interest of their group.
4) If two people from their circle are murdered it becomes a national crisis.
5) If they make exorbitant profits for decades no problem.
6) Increase the minimum wage the economy will crumble.
7) They are reinforced by the Christian Right.
8) 10% whites own 80% of the wealth no problem.
9) 40% Indians own 15% wealth big problem.
10) 35% Africans only own 5% wealth, that’s ok.
11) 80% Indian Doctors big problem.
12) 80% special scholarships for Africans big problem.
13) 10% SEA places reserved, which ensures that all whites will have a place whether they pass or fail SEA, no problem.
14) The same obtains in the United States, where they are now undermining President Obama calling him a socialist, because he is trying to give health care for all. Bush was not a socialist when he gave billions to bail out Wall Street. Just watch FOX and then watch MSNBC.
15) In Trinidad we only have FOX like media. That why things are so FOXY.
Fairplay:- You are attacking
Fairplay:-
You are attacking the messenger. You are dragging race into your comments also.
You seem to be an intelligent blogger. So some intelligent commentary would have been appreciated.
This article covers crime, the slaughter of our people. We are seeing entire groups of our people murdered mostly by our own.
Could you not have addressed this in the same vein?:-
Why are our people involved in crime? What can you suggest be done to keep our people alive, healthy, educated, prosperous and progressive and even yes, sane? How would you empower our people to make their lives better? What would you do, personally, to work with our people to help them to help themselves? Lendinfg a helping hand?
Give some valuable help, a consultant free of charge, to Mr. Manning, Mr. Joseph and their administration, and the CoP Philbert to assist them in 'crime prevention and crime fighting'. If you are so concerned, and it appears that you do care because you took the time to document your thoughts, then please use this vehicle of the blog to present comments that would assist in rescuing our people, instead of trampling upon persons of races you have a dislike for, hard working business people, and the media, etc.
Please do not be an on-looker in your own country, but rather be a participant fighting for change. - I would assume that you do live in T&T, don't you? If not, why not? We need all the help we can get to uplift ALL our peoples in this country, regardless of race, religion, political affiliation or sexual orientation, station in life or mental and/or physical abilities.
"Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth." - (Charles A. Dana)
At the end of the day, we are first and foremost citizens of T&T. No one can take it away from us: At least not yet!
Even if they get a free
Even if they get a free consultant they will not take it, how else they go say they paying millions for consultants, if this happen they can’t thief.
CLASS NOT RACE
CLASS NOT RACE -
GARDENIA
You say race, I say class. That is why it is so easy for rich Africans and Indians who easily forget where they came from to become part of the new ruling class. Black skins white mask. It just happens that most of the rich and upper class are white or light skinned and the poor are the darker skinned. Shade skin prejudice exists in T&T. My beloved great grandmother who loved me dearly and I loved dearly preferred her light skinned grand children. She was of dark skinned of Bajan descent. Colonialism and Religious indoctrination led her to conclude that a light skin was superior. What some see as education I see as religious indoctrination? I am the product of a Christian Prestige school, but I was always aware that I was only there because of political agitation and not because of the love of my educators. I am also aware that the only reason that there are blacks working in the banks is because of labor and the black power movement. We develop a deep seated sense of self hate in a people and do not see the co-relation to crime, dependency and related social disorder. In the US the same White Religious right are claiming,
1)Obama is a socialist.
2)He has death panels to kill old people.
3)He plans to insure illegal aliens at the expense of old people.
In Trinidad when Eric Williams tried to open up the education system to blacks, he was accused of being
1)Socialist
2)Divorce
3)Attempts were made to discredit him by the same Christian Right.
ASSUMPTIONS
ASSUMPTIONS -
GARDENIA
Here are some of your assumptions.
1) That I am not a consultant.
2) That I do not give my time free.
Here are the facts
1) I am a consultant.
2) I give my time free.
3) I give over twenty scholarships every year to schools and NGO's
markie hampton uwi students
markie hampton
uwi students curepe st augustine residents will have some peace for a while RIP
It is sad to see that
It is sad to see that comments made by certain members who have a username of fairplay should use inflammatory comments about the "whites" in this country. What is worse is that these comments are posted. If such thinking still exists and is allowed to propogate through a national forum like this, then what does it say for the future of this country. Politics be dammed, partys be dammed, for we as a people are damming ourselves with such archaic ways of thinking.
So you don’t want the
So you don’t want the truth to be out, sorry you are dealing with the generation that will speak what is real, and yes they do own the country, Fairplay you very fair in making your comments.
What group of people are rated the richest in the southern Caribbean, go look on the internet, but I guess you are one of them people that will say the government not corrupt and the US government say they corrupt on their website. Welcome to the information age, hope you are enjoying it.
END OF THE WORLD
END OF THE WORLD -
REPLY TO MARINE1
Media all over the world is dammed. Papers all over the world declare that America had its first BLACK President how racist. There is a big debate going on if the outburst in the joint meeting of the houses was racist. I see some white supporters saying that he is not respected because he is black. Do I take it that talking about white people in Trinidad is prohibited? How colonial can we get? So I can't talk about my own family. God has blessed me with a family that consists of,
1)Africans
2)Indians
3)Chinese
4)Whites, Portuguese, German and Spanish heritage.
In my family there are supporters of PNM, UNC and COP. There are doctors, lawyers, professional people and a few that went to jail. What I have had to unlearn from the education/indoctrination is that none are superior to the other inherently we are all God’s children. I can now see GOD in the Hindu, Muslim, Orissa Baptist and the Christian. My early education told me all but the Christians were evil and were dammed to go to hell. No race, religion or class makes us better only different, and all are capable of dastardly acts. A supremacist ideology teaches us that one group is divinely chosen to be better than the other.