The murder toll climbed to 255 with the deaths of two men in San Juan and Laventille on Tuesday night. Hugh Will Sergeant, 56, of Thompson Lane, Tunapuna, was killed in San Juan, while Maurice Emmanuel, 27, of Boxhill Trace was found dead in Laventille. A report said around 7.20 pm, Sergeant was changing a flat tyre at Bagatelle Road, San Juan, when a man walked up and fired several shots at him.
He was wounded and taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. In the second incident, police said around 8.30 pm, residents of Sapodilla Trace heard several loud explosions. Officers from the Inter Agency Task Force responded and saw Emmanuel’s body on the ground. Homicide officers are continuing investigations.
Meanwhile, police are trying to find out the identity of the body of a man found in Point Fortin yesterday morning. The victim had been shot. Workers cutting grass along the Petrotrin pipeline, Oil Field Road, Point Fortin, found the body. It is that of an African male, said to be five feet, eight inches in height, approximately 145 pounds, and has ‘WO3” tattooed on the left wrist, a pair of gold chai the initials “MJ.”
At the time of death, the man was wearing black jeans, grey and white long-sleeved jersey, blue boxer shorts, grey socks and orange and white Air Max sneakers. Anyone with information leading to the identification of the body is asked to contact ASP Basdeo of the Point Fortin police. Senior Supt Cyril Harry of the Homicide division is investigating.