Senior Reporter
anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt
Police believe a disagreement with a partygoer was the motive behind the killing of disc jockey Elijah “Sugarz” Babb yesterday morning.
Babb, 24, who was employed with Red 96.7 FM and lived at La Puerta, Diego Martin, was shot when gunmen opened fire on a car he was seated in just after 8 am. He later died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH).
He was in the back seat of a silver Honda City with two other people after a party at Eastern Quarry Road, Pump Trace, Laventille, around 8.10 am.
The car was driven by a 20-year-old man from Sixth Street, Barataria, while a 34-year-old female relative of Babb, from Wharton Street, Laventille, was in the front passenger seat.
As they were driving out of the area, gunmen began shooting at the car.
When the driver and passenger realised Babb had been shot multiple times and was bleeding profusely, they drove to the Besson Street Police Station and were later escorted to the PoSGH, where Babb was pronounced dead on arrival.
Babb’s parents identified his body at the hospital.
Crime scene investigators reportedly recovered several 9 mm spent shell casings at the scene.
