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Maloney man shot dead in Laventille

07 November 2026
This content originally appeared on Trinidad Guardian.
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JENSEN LA VENDE

Se­nior Re­porter

A Mal­oney man was shot dead in Laven­tille ear­ly Sat­ur­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said they re­ceived a re­port of a shoot­ing at Pic­ton Road, Pump Trace, short­ly af­ter 1 am.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors were told that around 1 am, the vic­tim left a friend's home with an­oth­er man to lime at a near­by shop. Gun­shots were heard short­ly af­ter­wards.

Po­lice re­cov­ered 30 spent 7.62mm shell cas­ings, one pro­jec­tile and two de­formed pro­jec­tiles at the scene.

No mo­tive for the killing has been es­tab­lished.