MONDAY 15TH JULY 2019 HD

MONDAY 15TH JULY 2019 MURDER TOLL: 282 SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR: 305 11 MURDERS HAVE BEEN RECORDED IN THE COUNTRY BETWEEN FRIDAY AND MONDAY WITH 7 OF THE VICTIMS BEING SHOT TO DEATH. TWO OF THOSE KILLED WERE FEMALES WHILE ONE WAS A TEENAGER WHO WAS KILLED IN A TRIPLE MURDER AND ANOTHER VICTIM WAS A POPULAR LOCAL VETERAN ACTOR. THE MURDERS TOOK PLACE IN ARIMA (1), LAVENTILLE (4), MORVANT (1), CARENAGE (1), LA ROMAINE (1), COUVA (1), MAYARO (1) & TACARIGUA (1). OF THE 11 MURDERS, 8 OF THEM WERE RECORDED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. ARIMA: THE ENTERTAINMENT FRATERNITY HAS BEEN PLUNGED INTO MOURNING FOLLOWING NEWS THAT VETERAN LOCAL ACTOR RAYMOND CHOO KING WAS MURDERED AT HIS HOME BEHIND THE ARIMA POLICE STATION EARLIER TODAY: CHOO KONG WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN THE LIVING ROOM AT HIS GREEN STREET, ARIMA HOME AT AROUND NOON ON MONDAY 15TH JULY. THE KILLING HAPPENED AT HIS HOME, LOCATED UPSTAIRS LEROY’S SPORTS BAR WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THE ARIMA POLICE STATION. POLICE SAID HIS BODY WAS SLUMPED IN A RECLINER AND IT APPEARED CHOO KONG MAY HAVE FOUGHT WITH HIS ATTACKER BEFORE HE WAS FATALLY STABBED. INVESTIGATORS SAID CHOO KONG FOUGHT FOR HIS LIFE AS THERE WERE BROKEN PIECES OF FURNITURE IN THE ROOM. POLICE ARE EXPECTED TO REVIEW CCTV VIDEO LOCATED AROUND THE PROPERTY TO ASSIST THEM IN IDENTIFYING HIS KILLER. CHOO KONG WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOSTING A MASTER CLASS AT THE TRINIDAD THEATRE WORKSHOP (TTW) TODAY. CHOO KONG WAS A FIXTURE IN THE THEATRE COMMUNITY AND A PROLIFIC ACTOR, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR WHOSE RECENT PLAYS INCLUDED THE MATING GAME AND CHOOSE YOUR PARTNER WISELY. ON WEDNESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2018: 52-YEAR-OLD THEATRE ARTS STAGE COORDINATOR GREGORY CURTIS SINGH WAS FOUND MURDERED AT HIS MOHAN AVENUE DAVIS STREET AROUCA HOME BY HIS BROTHER. THE KILLING, POLICE SAID, WAS RECORDED ON A CAMERA SINGH HAD HIDDEN INSIDE HIS ROOM. SINGH WAS WELL-KNOWN AND RESPECTED FIGURE IN THE THEATRE ARTS INDUSTRY FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ONE WEEK LATER, 20-YEAR-OLD TECHNICIAN RICARDO RANDALL CLARKE AKA KYLE CLARKE OF COCONUT DRIVE IN MORVANT WAS ARRESTED AT HIS HOME AND LATER CHARGED BY WPC TIMOTHY WITH SINGH’S ALLEGED MURDER. THAT MATTER IS STILL BEFORE THE ARIMA MAGISTRATES’ COURT. MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR 21-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA ST GEORGE IN CONNECTION WITH SINGH’S MURDER. D’ABADIE, ARIMA: THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT REID LANE IN D’ABADIE ARIMA EARLIER TODAY IN WHICH TWO FEMALES WERE ALLEGEDLY SHOT AND WOUNDED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. COUVA: A MAN WAS SHOT DEAD IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA COUVA EARLIER TODAY: NICHOLAS NERO AKA ‘PAN’, WHO POLICE SAID WAS WELL-KNOWN TO THEM, WAS GUNNED DOWN IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING INCIDENT AT MOONSAMY ROAD IN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY 15TH JULY 2019. NERO, WHO POLICE SAID WAS WELL-KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES DIED INSIDE A YARD OF A HOUSE. HE LIVED AT JUNE STREET POLICE SAID. THE CAR USED IN THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING IS A RED AND BLACK NISSAN WING ROAD REGISTR