Two teenagers were killed in separate shootings in Maloney and Morvant yesterday.
In the first incident around 1.40 am, Jayden Moore, 19, of Helen Street, Red Hill, D’Abadie, was found bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds while behind the wheel of a gold Nissan Tiida. He later died at hospital.
Responding to a call that gunshots had been heard at Red Hill, Eastern Main Road, D’Abadie, officers arrived to find a 21-year-old woman, of Righteous Lane, Pinto Road, Arima, assisting the injured man.
The police took Moore to the Arima Health Facility, where he was treated for one gunshot wound to the chest and four to the back. He reportedly succumbed to his injuries at 2.10 am.
Reports indicate Moore and the woman had been sitting in the car when they were approached by a lone gunman who announced a robbery.
It was alleged that Moore drove off east along the EMR and several loud explosions rang out.
He reportedly drove a short distance before losing consciousness and crashing near Cosmos Auto in Mausica.
Three spent 9 mm shell casings were recovered at the scene.
Meanwhile, in a brazen mid-morning shooting in Morvant which left residents of the Las Alturas housing scheme confined to their homes until forensic evidence was collected at the scene, three people, including a woman, were shot by two gunmen as they stood under a tent.
Tyrell Bartholomew, 18, was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital, while a man from Mapp Lands, Morvant, and a woman from Pelican Extension, Morvant, were both warded in stable condition last evening after being treated.
Reports indicate the trio had been standing under the tent, which was erected at the entrance to the housing development and is used by Cepep workers, when a silver car stopped and two masked gunmen got out and began shooting at Bartholomew. As the victim attempted to run, he was pursued and shot several more times by the gunmen. The other two victims, who had been standing nearby, were also shot in the process.
The shooting resulted in residents being unable to leave the compound and also led to a traffic pile-up as motorists slowed down to watch.
A party of officers visited the scene, including Snr Supt Edwards, Supt Birch and Insp Daniel.
—Anna-Lisa Paul