Man killed in Belmont

SHANE SU­PERVILLE

Se­nior Re­porter

A man in his ear­ly 20s, be­lieved to be a street dweller, was shot dead on a stair­case in Bel­mont on Sun­day night.

Po­lice said res­i­dents of Ser­raneau Road re­port­ed hear­ing a voice say­ing, “Look he here,” fol­lowed by gun­shots.

They lat­er found the man’s body. His iden­ti­ty re­mained un­con­firmed up to Mon­day morn­ing.

Of­fi­cers of the Port of Spain Task Force, who were on pa­trol, re­spond­ed and found the body at the scene.

Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tors al­so vis­it­ed and re­cov­ered eight spent .40 cal­i­bre shells, three spent 9 mm shells and one spent .45 cal­i­bre shell.

Of­fi­cers of the Re­gion I Homi­cide Bu­reau are con­tin­u­ing en­quiries.