Mere seconds after being released from police custody, a 28-year-old man was gunned down on the street outside the Belmont Police Station, yesterday.
Police said Kevon Moses was detained as a suspect in a recent shooting in the Port of Spain Division but was released around 6 pm on Monday (November 13, 2023).
Reports are Moses walked onto Belmont Circular Road, outside the police station, and walked near the car park. A car drove up to Moses and a man got out of the car, shooting him several times.
The gunman got back in the car, which sped off.
Police took Moses to the Port of Spain General Hospital where he was declared dead.
Crime Scene investigators visited the scene and found 11 rounds of 5.56 ammunition.
Sources said Moses was offered a ride home by police officers but declined.
Police from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region I are continuing enquiries.