Homicide officers are investigating the murder of two men between Wednesday and yesterday, in Morvant and San Raphael. Jerry Gabriel, 30, of Mapp's Lands, was stabbed to death at Stevenville, Morvant, while Elton Edmond, 34, of Todd's Station, Talparo, was shot dead by gunmen in San Raphael. Around 12.30 am on Wednesday, a resident of Stevenville received a call from a neighbour who told him a dead man was on his lawn.
The man contacted the police who found Gabriel with stab wounds to his back and his throat slit. Meanwhile, Edmond and his friends were liming outside a club in San Raphael around 3 pm yesterday when two men walked up to them and opened fire. Edmond was taken to the Arima Health Facility where he died. Their deaths pushed the murder toll to 81 for the year as compared to 91 for the same period last year. PC Williams and PC Ramoutar are continuing investigations.