Police are trying to determine whether an elderly Gasparillo man, who was arrested for possession of an illegal firearm, was involved in any of the recent shootings in the Southern Division.
A spent shell was found on the 60-year-old suspect when he was arrested at Anil’s Bar ar Caratal Road, Gasparillo, on Sunday night.
At around 12.45 pm, PCs Seepersad and Ram were on mobile patrol when they received information that a man with a firearm was at the bar.
The officers questioned and searched the suspectand found a black and chrome 9 mm pistol, loaded with six rounds of ammunition tucked in his waist.
When they searched his pockets, they found the shell casing.
The suspect was taken to the Gasparillo Police Station where he was questioned and subsequently charged.
He is expected to appear before a San Fernando magistrate charged with possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition.
There have been five murders and a few shootings in the Southern Division over the past three weeks. The latest was the murder of 28-year-old single mother Ornella Phillip whose body was found at her Thompson Street apartment with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Up to yesterday, police were still trying to determine a motive for the killing. No suspect has been held.
