(Trinidad Express) The month of February began with two people shot dead and a third in hospital during an altercation in Biche yesterday.
The incident occurred in Oliver Trace, Cuche Village, around 4 p.m.
The victims were identified as Joseph Francis and Marlon Clarke, both of Cuche Trace.
Francis was killed on his 18th birthday, police said.
His father, Marlon Francis, was also shot and taken to the Rio Claro District Health Facility where he was undergoing treatment last night.
Police said the suspect in the double homicide and wounding is a man who had been hiding from police in connection with other firearm offences.
The suspect fled into the bushes following the shooting and escaped.
Officers of the Eastern Division Homicide of Region III, Biche Police and Eastern Division Task Force responded and searched for the killer, but no one was arrested.
The murder toll for 2023, up to last night, stood at 63.
The comparative total at the same time last year was 57.