POLICE and members of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment increased their patrols in the Laventille area on Wednesday afternoon after two murders, including that of an alleged gang leader.
The two killings were among three deaths as a result of shooting that took place on Wednesday in three separate incidents, one of them being a police killing. Yesterday’s blood-letting followed six murders at the weekend and another police killing.
Police said after the shooting death of Anthon “Bombie” Boney and the killing of a yet-to-be identified man shortly after, they increased their presence to ensure the safety of residents in the community.
[caption id="attachment_911807" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Anthon "Boombie" Boney[/caption]
Speaking with Newsday, one of the leaders of the Port of Spain Division, Supt Richard Smith, said the patrols will continue until the threat level is reassessed.
“There are normally joint patrols in the area. They (members of the regiment) are augmenting the patrols in the area for the next few days to ensure everything is safe for the residents living up there. That is normal procedure whenever we have murders that are not domestic in particular areas, more so in regard to the person who was killed in the Central Division; we tend to increase the amount of patrols and security in that area.”
Police reports said Boney, of Africa Road, Plaisiance Terrace, Laventille was in a grey Kia SUV heading north along the Uriah Butler Highway, just after the Caroni Bird Sanctuary, when he was killed. Police said at about 11.10 am, a dark-coloured SUV pulled up alongside his and a man dressed in black wearing a mask gotout, asked Boney if he was the owner of the vehicle and then shot him.
Boney managed to drive a short distance before drifting off into a ditch at the side of the road. A 63-year-old woman who was in the car with him was left untouched.
The killer got back into his SUVe and drove off.
The second murder, which took place one street away from where Boney lived, happened just over an hour after Boney’s killing.
Police said at about 12.30 pm officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force were told there was a man’s body in a track off at John John, Laventille. Gunshots were reportedly heard and then the man’s body was found. Up to 6.30 pm he had not been identified.
[caption id="attachment_912065" align="alignnone" width="1024"] After crime scene investigators processed the shooting death of an unidentified man in Plaisance Quarry Road, John John Laventille, undertakers from L Armstrong Funeral Service arrived to take the body to the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James. Photo by Roger Jacob -[/caption]
There were rumours that the two killings were linked, but police said based on their preliminary investigations the two seemed to be unrelated.
After Boney’s killing and the murder of the other man, there were reports on social media that there would be reprisals. Some sent voice notes claiming that po
