Murder behind Tunapuna market

UPDATE:

A TUNAPUNA man was fatally shot early yesterday minutes after a heated argument with another man at the Tunapuna market. Homicide police were yesterday searching for a suspect.
Police said that at about 12.40 am, Emmanuel Akeem Boucher also known as Emmanuel Licorish and Manzo, of 28 St Augustine Circular Road, Tunapuna, was seen arguing with the suspect.

Boucher left the market and walked towards the Priority Bus Route but was followed by the suspect. Gunshots were heard and Boucher was found lying in the road near Bharath Street, shot in the head. Tunapuna police were called.

BODY DOWN PRECIPICE
Homicide police were called to St Francois Valley Road, Belmont on Thursday afternoon when the body of a 25-year-old man was found ten feet down a precipice in the area. His hands and feet were bound and he appeared to have been shot in the head.

The victim was later identified as Isidore Vincent of Lopinot, a graphic designer. Police investigators said yesterday Vincent was not reported missing by relatives, because he spoke with a female friend on Thursday morning and said he was on his way to work.

His family expressed shock and outrage yesterday over his killing and described him as a hard-working and decent young man. Police said they were told by Isidore’s relatives that he had applied to both the TT Regiment and the TT Police Service to be either a soldier or police.

KILLED BY STRAY BULLET
Police are also continuing investigations into the murder of a 56-year-old woman who was struck by a stray bullet while watching television in her Barataria home. Bissoondaye Seemungal is said to have died at the Port of Spain General Hospital on Monday - eight days after she was shot.

Police said that the woman was at her home watching television on September 16 in the company of loved ones when gunshots were heard outside the house. Seemungal is said to have screamed in pain and then slump in her chair on being struck in her back. She was taken to hospital where she underwent surgery and was warded in stable condition. However, Seemungal’s condition suddenly deteriorated and she died on Monday.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A Tunapuna man was fatally shot early today minutes after a heated argument with another man at the Tunapuna market.

Homicide police are searching for a suspect.

Around 12.40 am, Emmanuel Akeem Boucher, also known as Emmanuel Licorish and Manzo, of 28 St Augustine Circular Road, Tunapuna, was seen arguing with the suspect.

Boucher left the market and walked towards the Priority Bus Route but was followed by the suspect. Gunshots were heard and Boucher was found lying in the road near Bharath Street, shot in the head.