Drive-by shooting kills man in Port-of-Spain, girlfriend hospitalised
Joel King, 33, of Belmont was shot dead in a drive-by attack at Duncan and Prince Streets. His girlfriend was hospitalised with gunshot wounds.
Drive-by gunfire at Duncan Street sends bystanders fleeing
A Belmont man was shot and killed in a drive-by attack in Port-of-Spain on Tuesday afternoon, guardian.co.tt reports, while his girlfriend sustained gunshot wounds and remained hospitalised in stable condition as of Tuesday night.
Joel King, 33, of Rigsby Street, Gonzales, Belmont, was struck by gunfire while seated in the back of a silver Nissan Sylphy. The vehicle subsequently mounted the pavement and crashed into a pole at the corner of Duncan and Prince Streets. King was pronounced dead at the scene.
The shooting occurred around 3 pm and sent schoolchildren, elderly pedestrians, and other bystanders fleeing as gunfire rang out. The incident took place within feet of the Duncan Street Police Post. Officers from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) responded immediately, cautioning the public to stay clear of the road and rushing the injured woman to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. She received emergency treatment for gunshot wounds to the back of the head and right waist, and remained in a stable condition as of Tuesday night.
Police are also investigating two separate murders from earlier the same evening. Around 6 pm, a man was found shot dead at Foster Quevedo Block 8, Laventille — struck in the head and about the body. Thirty minutes later, Richard Raymond, 21, of La Resource, East Dry River, was shot dead at Hillview Terrace, also in Laventille.
No arrests had been announced in connection with any of the three killings at the time of reporting.
— With reporting by Rhondor Dowlat
Source: Google News TT — Port of Spain