(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into the death of 16-year-old Aliyah Santoo, who was allegedly shot by a male companion at a house in Wallerfield on Tuesday night.
While the circumstances leading to the teenager’s death were yet to be determined yesterday, preliminary information suggested it may have been an accident.
An 18-year-old Wallerfield man has since been detained in connection with the shooting.
The suspect initially claimed Santoo, a Form Three student of the Guaico Secondary School, was shot after she opened the front door and a gunman stormed the house, opening fire on them.
This account, however, was later disputed by a person who was present at the house.
Medical officials at the Arima Hospital contacted police at 11.40 pm on Tuesday, to report that a teenage girl had been brought in suffering from gunshot wounds.
Santoo was pronounced dead at 11.50 pm whilst undergoing emergency treatment.
In an interview yesterday, Santoo’s mother, Avita Bally, 34, said Santoo had chosen to leave the family home after a fall-out with her stepfather last year over the rules of the home. She said she had moved to her father’s house, where she spent a couple of months before returning to Wallerfield and moving into her aunt’s house which is situated opposite.