Hours af­ter Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro di­rect­ed that ad­di­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty re­sources be de­ployed in the Bel­mont area, gun­men shot and in­jured a 45-year-old St Barb’s res­i­dent as he drove through the com­mu­ni­ty on Sat­ur­day.

This, even as of­fi­cers were con­duct­ing en­quiries in­to Fri­day’s shoot­ing at Ser­raneau Road, Bel­mont, which claimed the life of 14-year-old Zion Roberts.

Po­lice said Sat­ur­day’s shoot­ing oc­curred around 3 pm and sent res­i­dents scur­ry­ing in­doors at the cor­ner of Ser­raneau Road and St Fran­cois Val­ley Road, Bel­mont.

As of­fi­cers ar­rived at the scene along St Barb’s Road, Bel­mont, they found res­i­dents who in­formed them one man had been in­jured and had dri­ven him­self to the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Po­lice said the vic­tim was dri­ving his white Nis­san B15 west along St Barbs Road when two masked men be­gan shoot­ing at him.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions yes­ter­day as to what an­ti-crime plans were on the cards, Gue­var­ro said while he must ex­er­cise cau­tion about spe­cif­ic de­tails, he shared, “My pro­posed plans would em­pha­size in­creased po­lice vis­i­bil­i­ty, en­hanced use of tech­nol­o­gy, and deep­er com­mu­ni­ty en­gage­ment ... the pub­lic can ex­pect a clear fo­cus on safe­ty, de­ter­rence, and re­sults dri­ven en­force­ment.”

He added, “We’re tack­ling pub­lic law­less­ness with firm, vis­i­ble polic­ing, tech-dri­ven mon­i­tor­ing, and aim­ing at faster re­sponse times.”

Re­gard­ing mur­ders, he said, “We’re in­tent on pro­tect­ing our cit­i­zens and dis­rupt­ing vi­o­lence. I’m heart­ened by the re­sponse we have re­ceived from the pub­lic thus far, as this has en­abled us to car­ry out sev­er­al suc­cess­ful op­er­a­tions over the week­end.”

Gue­var­ro added, “If this re­newed trust con­tin­ues in its cur­rent tra­jec­to­ry, we are hope­ful that even greater re­sults can be re­alised.”