Police probing

Senior Reporter

anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

Police are probing five murders which occurred from Wednesday night into yesterday.

In the latest incident, a 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) after he was at Chafford Courts around 5.15 pm. Officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch visited the scene and found the victim, who is yet to be identified, bleeding from gunshots. Two people were gunned down at Ovid Alley, Port-of-Spain, 45 minutes later. Officers said the men, who were not identified up to last evening, were reportedly visiting their girlfriends in the community at 6 pm, when they were confronted and shot at.

On Wednesday, Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) foreman Avid “Blindy” Reece, 47, was killed at his Upper Cocorite Trace, Cocorite home.

Police said he standing in his gallery at 8.35 pm when gunshots were heard.

A relative of Reece who was inside rushed out to find him bleeding from multiple gunshot wounds about the body. The police were notified of the killing.

In an unrelated incident, Sangre Grande resident Tyrell Alvarez, 27, was killed while asleep at his Northeastern Settlement, Sangre Grande home.

Police said at 12.30 am, Alvarez was asleep in his bedroom when a 45-year-old male friend, who was asleep in the living room, reportedly heard gunshots coming from the room. It was alleged the friend ran into the room and found Alvarez bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head.

Officers from the Eastern Division Task Force responded and found Alvarez still alive. He was taken by police to the Sangre Grande Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries at 2.17 am.

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