A man who was planning to migrate to the United States to escape the gun violence was shot dead as he slept in his apartment in Laventille early yesterday.
Police reports stated that around 4.15 am residents of Canada Plannings, Laventille heard gunshots and when they went to investigate they found Campbell, 35, dead on his bed.
Police said they are unsure of a motive for the killing even though they claim Campbell was “known to them”.
His attacker threw a stuffed toy on the dead man’s body before fleeing the scene.
Relatives of Campbell spoke with the media at the Forensic Science Centre, St James yesterday said the murder rate in the country was beyond ridiculous.
“What I want to know is how come they have police patrolling and these men still getting away with this? Life in America is a million times safer than here.
“I am safer and things are better up there. I am from the hill (Laventille) in Trinidad but I get an opportunity to live in America. When I come down here I don’t even go back there because I know what going on. This whole gang warfare cause this. The way Trinidad is now, if you from one place and you warring with another place you cannot go there. That is what Trinidad reach to? We were making arrangements for him to come up to America as well,” the relative said.
He was among three men who were shot dead in the last 24 hours taking the number of people killed for the year to 151.
The first murder took place around 8 pm Wednesday, near the recently opened Besson Street Police Station.
Police reports are that Ricardo John, a resident of the Centre for Socially-Displaced People (CSDP) at Riverside Plaza, was killed when gunmen shot at Kenwin “Mang” Fagan.
Worshippers at a nearby church heard gunshots and later found John’s body on the road way. Fagan was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital by police where he is currently warded in a critical condition.
The third killing is being linked to the ongoing feud between Rasta City and Muslim gangs.
Police said the alleged member of an Enterprise, Chaguanas gang who was hiding out at Pipiol Road, Santa Cruz was shot dead.
Investigators said Winston John, 37, was shot dead when he opened the door when people claiming to be police officers knocked at around 2 am.
