Officers of the Eastern Division were kept busy for most of Friday night into Saturday morning after three separate incidents, including the murder of a 36-year-old Valencia man, were reported.
Police said a neighbour of Dominic Callender alias 'Saskie' was at his Sapphire Drive, KP Lands home at around 11.15 pm and reported hearing gunshots.
The neighbour went outside shortly after and found Callender's body on the ground outside his white Hyundai H100 truck.
The neighbour called the police and officers of the Valencia Police Post visited the scene and took Callender to hospital where he was declared dead at 11.30 pm.
Officers of the Special Evidence Recovery Unit (SERU) were also called in and found 17 spent 5.56 shells and four spent 9 mm shells.
Callender's van was also towed to the SERU compound in Cumuto for further forensic analysis.
Police from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region II are continuing enquiries.
Minutes later, at around 11.45 pm a man was driving his Toyota Axio and was followed by his friend driving a Nissan B14 through a forested area on the Tabaquite Road, towards Rio Claro, when they saw three men standing at the side of the road.
One of the drivers noticed that two of the men had guns, while the third was holding a flashlight and called on both drivers to stop. However, both drivers drove past the men and heard gunshots.
One of the men was shot on his right hand and drove some distance away before stopping his car.
Police were called in and took the wounded man to a health facility.
Officers of the Mayaro CID visited the scene and searched for the gunmen but found no one.
Crime Scene Investigators were also called in and found six spent 5.56 shells, three spent .40 shells and three live rounds of ammunition.
In another incident hours earlier at around 9.10 pm, two women ages 26 and 57-years-old were walking towards a shop on Robinson Lane, Damarie Hill, Sangre Grande, when they were shot.
A 25-year-old man who was standing near the shot at the time heard the gunshots and ran for cover but felt a burning sensation on his left leg.
Residents took the wounded trio to the hospital where the 57-year-old woman and man are said to be in stable condition, while the 26-year-old woman was said to be critical.
Police visited the scene and found 58 spent shells of mixed 5.56 and 9 mm calibre.
The Eastern Division extends from Matelot in the north to Rio Claro in the south, covering the entire east coast of Trinidad.
It was traditionally considered to be one of the safest divisions of all ten police divisions in T&T.