Two men have been charged with murder in separate incidents after investigations by officers of the Homicide Bureau of Investigations (HBI) Region.
A release from the Police Service said Ronaldo Assing, 19, a labourer, of Arima, was also charged with possession of a firearm, possession of ammunition, possession of firearm to endanger life, possession of ammunition to endanger life and shooting with intent, following advice received from Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard SC on Wednesday.
Assing was charged in connection with the murder of 19-year-old Josiah Maloney, also of Arima.
Maloney was at his home with two other persons on April 14, 2022, when two armed men reportedly entered and shot at them.
Maloney died at the scene while a woman was wounded during the incident. The men then escaped.
Investigations resulted in the arrest of the accused at his home on May 21, 2022, by officers of the Pinto Police Post.
The second murder accused, Sekayi Archer, 21, a landscaper, of Maloney, was charged with the murder of Damien Goodman.
He was also charged with shooting with intent, possession of firearm and ammunition and possession of firearm and ammunition.
Goodman, 40, of Maloney Gardens, was at the corner of Picoplat and Finch Drive, Maloney Gardens, on March 23, 2022, when he was shot at by an assailant. He was taken to the Arima Health Facility where he died.
Archer was arrested on May 21, 2022, in the Tunapuna district.
Meanwhile, an inquest has been ordered into the death of 76-year-old Roy Phillip, of San Juan.
On May 11, 2022, Phillip was at his home with a 34-year-old woman when he allegedly threw hot water on her.
She then allegedly stabbed him in the chest. Phillip died at the scene.