Senior Reporter
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
Homicide investigators are probing the murder of Randall John, a 30-year-old security officer from Gasparillo, who was shot dead at his home early yesterday morning.
John, a father of two of Warren Road, was employed as an MTS guard assigned to the Pleasantville Secondary School.
Investigators said John and his common-law wife were in bed around 1.26 am, when they heard someone knocking at the front door. John got up to see who it was and moments later, several gunshots rang out.
John’s common-law wife found him on the kitchen floor bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.
Officers from the Gasparillo Police Station responded along with an ambulance, but John was already dead.
When Guardian Media visited John’s apartment, none of his relatives were present.
A friend said John had previously worked as an estate police constable at Petrotrin in Guayaguayare but lost his job in the 2018 closure. The friend said John heard someone knocking on the kitchen window and went to check. It appeared the gunman shot him through the window.
Police officers believed there were two assailants and seized CCTV footage to review.
The friend added that John did not seem worried about anyone trying to harm him.
“Since I’ve known him, he had no enemies. He was a really friendly person,” the man said.
Detectives from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region Three, are continuing investigations. However, they are yet to determine a motive for the killing, and no arrests have been made.
