Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Christo­pher yes­ter­day gave the as­sur­ance that “no stone would be left un­turned” to bring to jus­tice the killer or killers of Jo­mol Mod­este, age 9.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day af­ter news of the child’s mur­der spread, the Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er said, “Over the years the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice has in­vest­ed re­sources in the En­ter­prise area and will con­tin­ue to work and part­ner with mem­bers of the com­mu­ni­ty. Ad­di­tion­al­ly, the TTPS will ren­der as­sis­tance to the dis­traught fam­i­ly dur­ing this trau­mat­ic time through our Vic­tim and Wit­ness Sup­port Unit.”

Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er Christo­pher added that as TTPS homi­cide de­tec­tives work fever­ish­ly on the ground con­duct­ing in­quiries, she is ap­peal­ing for co­op­er­a­tion.

“Any­one who has in­for­ma­tion that could as­sist, please come for­ward, help us, so jus­tice can be served, to give some sem­blance of clo­sure and re­lief to a griev­ing fam­i­ly.”

Sev­er­al oth­er chil­dren have been shot and in­jured this year while on the road or pub­lic space as gun­men opened fire.

Ju­ly 9—Two chil­dren were wound­ed in St He­le­na dur­ing the mur­der of a busi­ness­man

Au­gust 1—11-year-old girl among sev­en peo­ple in­jured in a shoot­ing at Sixth Av­enue, Mal­ick

Au­gust 16—Two boys ages 9 and 11 shot and wound­ed while at Mon Re­pos Bas­ket­ball Court, Mor­vant

Sep­tem­ber 14—Two chil­dren, ages three and six, among sev­en peo­ple shot and wound­ed dur­ing a wake in San­gre Grande

Sep­tem­ber 17—Eight-year-old boy in­jured dur­ing a shoot­ing in Ca­roni