(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old schoolboy was among two people shot dead on Friday evening by police, almost half-hour after he and three men robbed a Caparo woman of an undisclosed sum of cash.
Tishawn Miller, 16, and Deon Ferguson, also known as Abdullah Ferguson, 21, were among a group of four bandits who, at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, stormed the Carr Trace, Caparo, home of the woman and after breaking through her front door, announced a hold-up.
Two of the bandits had guns.
During the robbery, the woman screamed to get her neighbours’ attention.
One of the men fired a shot at her, missing her by inches.
The four got into a blue car and fled the scene.
The Chaguanas Police Station was called, and a team of officers led by Supt Johnny Abraham began a search for the men.
Officers of the Northern Division Task Force, the Southern Division Task Force and the Chaguanas CID also joined in on the chase, and the car was spotted along the Uriah Butler Highway.
As officers chased the car, they were fired on. Officers fired back but the car chase continued on to Carlsen Field in Chaguanas when the driver of the blue car stopped.
One of the men got out the car and ran off while another continued firing at officers before running off.
When officers checked the car, they found both Miller and Ferguson lying in the car with several gunshots about their bodies.
Police took both to the Chaguanas Health Facility where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Officers searched for the other two men with the help of a National Security helicopter.
One of them, age 21, who lives along the Brasso Main Road in Brasso, was found hiding in the bushes with a gunshot wound to his stomach while the other man, age 25, of Madoo Trace in Freeport, was also found.
Police said when they searched the car, they also recovered a .380 pistol with two live rounds of ammunition, along with a 9mm pistol with three live rounds.
The 21-year-old man remains at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, in stable condition under police guard while the 25-year-old was in police custody being questioned last night.
Chaguanas CID officers are continuing investigations.
