Murder suspects held in bloodstained clothing

ON Saturday morning when police swooped down on a house at Aripero Village, Rousillac, they arrested four suspects who were wearing clothes with bloodstains believed to be from murder victim De-Shawn Parson and two injured survivors.

Police arrested the men at about 10.30 am on Saturday, hours after the stabbing attack at Main Road, Point Fortin.

Based on investigations, Snr Supt Basdeo together with Insp Nemai and other police led the exercise, assited by Cpls Carter, Bajan and other police from Point Fortin CID, South Western Division Task Force and Homicide Bureau Region III.

The arrested men, who matched eyewitnesses’ descriptions of the attackers, are in their early 20s and remained in police custody up to today.

At about 2 am on Saturday, 20-year-old Parson and friends went to buy burgers at a cart when a group of men ran up to them pelting glass bottles.

During the fracas, Parson who lived at Fanny Village, Point Fortin, was stabbed in the head and shoulder. Parson’s friend Kerdell Joseph, 20, and Joseph’s father Lennox, 47, in defending themselves, were also stabbed. The attackers then left.

Parson died on his way to the San Fernando General Hospital. The father and son received medical care at the Point Fortin Area Hospital and were discharged hours later.

Joseph told Newsday on Sunday he is lucky to be alive, as he used his hands to prevent a stab aimed at his neck.

An autopsy was expected to be done today on Parson's body at the Forensic Sciences Centre, St James.