Former regiment officer turned criminal, Eddie Phillip, begged for help before being murdered in Chaguanas yesterday.
Residents of Gail Trace, off Caparo Valley Road, Palmiste, Chaguanas, said they heard a voice screaming, “Oh God help meh! They go kill meh” before they heard gunshots around 10 am.
Eyewitnesses told the T&T Guardian that Phillip screamed for help as he dragged himself along the roadway on his buttocks as his hands and feet were bound with tie straps.
Phillip, who was locked in the trunk of a red Opel sedan, managed to jump out as his abductors were driving along the Caparo Valley Road, residents said.
Residents described the killers saying one of the men was bald headed, skinny and wore a shirt and pants while his accomplice was a stocky built man.
After shooting Phillip the killers abandoned the car and ran in the direction of Cashew Gardens. One resident said the area is usually a quiet area.
A senior police officer said Phillip was an informant in the past.
In 2011, Phillip popularised the phrases “strength and powers” and “one is one” during an interview with Crime Watch host Ian Alleyne on his way to surrender to police.
He was being sought by police then in connection with armed robbery and possession of a machine gun at his Diamond Village, Claxton Bay, home.
The video of the surrender amassed 88,000 views on YouTube.
The tape spawned a Facebook page in Phillip’s name, a skit by Jason JW Williams playing Alleyne and Kevaughn “Lurbz” Savory playing Phillip. A song was also recorded with the hook being the “one is one” catch-phrase.
Phillip was also charged with kidnapping, robbery, common assault, possession of military uniforms and possession of a prohibited weapon—an Italian-made machine gun.
Those matters are still pending and Phillip was out on bail.
Prison officials had also launched an investigation after a photograph of Phillip taken in jail was circulated on Facebook after his arrest.
Prison officials could not say what, if anything, came out of the investigation.
Phillip became the 224th person to be killed for the year.
