(Trinidad Guardian) Residents of Scorpion Alley, Carenage, had to run for cover on Tuesday night when gunmen stormed a house in the area, killing two brothers.
The attack came less than 24 hours after Elijah Ferguson and Leon Sylvester were gunned down in the same area on Monday night.
Police said Joshua George, 23, and Israel Letren, 32, were at a house around 9 pm when a group of gunmen ran in, shooting them several times before running away.
On checking, residents saw George bleeding on the floor of the kitchen and Letren bleeding in the bathroom.
Western Division police were called in with a district medical officer who declared both men dead.
Crime scene investigators also visited the scene and found 97 spent 5.56 shells.
Investigators suspect the murders may be part of an ongoing gang war in Carenage but Justina Letren, the mother of both men, insists they were not part of any feud.
Speaking with Guardian Media at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, the elder Letren said she felt empty having lost two of her sons in a single incident. She had to be consoled by relatives and funeral home staff at the centre.
Letren said she was at home when she was about to listen to a Gospel programme on the radio that evening when she heard the sound of gunfire nearby.
“I home and I hearing this thing and it’s like raindrops on your house the kind of shots that was fired.
“I just start to hear this noise.
“The kind of guns they are using … my God. Where are they getting these things?
“It sounds like the kind of weapons the police have sometimes.
“It is very hurtful to see my two boys have to go down that way.”
Letren said she tried to call her sons on their cellphones but did not get any answers.
She then called another relative nearby and became worried when she heard screaming.
Letren said she ventured out to see for herself what happened despite warnings from her husband over the possible dangers outside.
George worked as a taxi driver and Letren worked as a security guard.
