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Venezuelan man shot dead in Chaguanas

26 December 2024
This content originally appeared on News Day - Trinidad and Tobago.
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A 29-year-old Venezuelan man was found with gunshots to his body on December 23 in Enterprise, Chaguanas.

He has been identified as Hector Jesus Marin Valderrey, a labourer from Warrenville, Cunupia.

Police said around 6.47 pm on December 23 they received a report of a shooting in Crown Trace.

They arrived eight minutes later and found Valderrey lying in a pool of blood, groaning in pain.

They took him to the hospital at 7.05 pm, but he later died while being treated at 8.48 pm.

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Police did not find anything of evidential value where they found Valderrey.

Police said investigations are ongoing.