A couple was shot dead around 9 pm last night in Tacarigua, on the Eastern Main Road near Dinsley Junction.
According to relatives, Jewel George, 20, from Tunapuna, was by her boyfriend, Akeem Bascillo, 21, in Tacarigua. The couple left Bascillo’s father’s home to purchase Chinese food.
A relative told T&T Guardian that they saw a strange car following the couple. The couple attempted to evade the car, but were eventually caught. The gunman got out of the car first shooting Bascillo once in the head, and then turned the gun on George who was shot multiple times. Both died at the scene.
The two have been together for two years. Bascillo was a disc jockey who won a DJ competition hosted by a popular radio show. The police are looking into a number of possible motives with one being that the shooter was a jilted lover.
