Police recorded three murders in Laventille and Arouca this weekend.On Saturday morning, 20-year-old Angelo Smart, a resident of Oropune Gardens, Piarco was shot five times in the back while visiting friends at Prizgar Road, Laventille.Smart, previously lived at Success Village, Laventille, but moved to Oropune Gardens in January.He was in the Laventille area visiting friends and family on Saturday when the incident occurred, police said.
Police responded to reports of the shooting and took him to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.Relatives visited Smart almost two hours after he was shot and said he was conscious and talking.One relative said Smart had promised his family that he would survive his injuries.By 2.45 pm Smart died while undergoing an operation.In an unrelated incident, at around 10.20 pm Inter-Agency Task Force officers responded to a shooting in Mango Alley, Trou Macaque.
They found an unidentified man's body on the roadway with bullet wounds. The man, who was of East Indian descent, was wearing a light-coloured shirt, three-quarter pants and white sneakers.Police are asking people with missing relatives fitting the description to come forward with information to identify the body.At around 8 pm, 29-year-old Kevon Straker was murdered while standing on a road in Arouca.
Gunmen opened fire on Straker and he was hit several times about the body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.The murder toll now stands at 178.