With one day left in the year, the murder toll has now reached 455 following the shooting death of two men in the Laventille area and the discovery of a decomposing body of a man in Arouca.
According to police reports, in the most recent incident, 22-year-old Neil Frank was shot dead while liming with a friend near St Phillip's Government Primary School off the Old St Joseph Road.
Police said Frank, of Building 7, Beverly Hills, was standing with Akiela Francis when around 10.30 pm they were shot.
Francis, originally from Maloney, was grazed on the left foot while Frank was shot multiple times.
Frank died at the scene. Police said his killing is part of the resurgence of the ongoing Rasta City and Muslim gang war.
In the second murder in the area, a mentally ill man, died early yesterday at hospital after being shot on Thursday.
Police said Bevon McKay, 34, of Block 8, John John, Laventille was found at the side of the road with gunshot wounds around 3 pm Thursday.
Police said he was taken to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he remained in Intensive Care Unit until his death around 10 am yesterday.
The third incident took place on Thursday night at Windy Hill, Arouca. Police said the man, who has yet to be identified, was found in a foetal position with what appeared to be two gunshot wounds to the left side of his head and neck.
The decomposing man was found by a hunter around 9.30 pm.
Apart from the three murders, police are also investigating the attempted murder of a Morvant man in Valencia on Thursday night. Police said the 38-year-old identified as Neverson Gay, of Roble Street, was shot as he sat in a car outside Cooper's Bar, in Valencia.
He was wounded to the head, ear and arm and taken to the Sangre Grande District Hospital.
Police said the victim was later transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he remains warded in a critical condition.