[Updated] US citizen among 4 shot dead

FOUR men, one of them a US citizen, were gunned down between Friday night and Saturday afternoon in separate shootings, taking the murder toll to 94.

Robert Saunders, 49, of No 8 Rustic Howell, New Jersey was shot dead while liming at Sandy Road, Petit Valley around 12 am, on Saturday. Residents of Sandy Road, off Cameron Road, said they heard gunshots and found Saunders bleeding. Saunders, a fire sprinkler technician, was taken to St James Medical Complex where he died.

Then, at about 2 pm, Akile Mawlins, of Santa Cruz, was attacked and shot on a construction site at Pump Trace, Laventille. The 35-year-old was taken to Port of Spain General Hospital where he died.

More than an hour later, at about 3.30 pm, an unidentified man was killed at Semp Trace, Maloney. Police said residents heard gunshots and found the man face down on the sidewalk.

On Friday, at about 11 pm, 41-year-old Anton Drayton was killed in Arima. Drayton, of Church Street North, Samaroo Village, was found by residents in a drain with gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.

This story has been updated with additional details. It was first published under the headline US citizen among 2 shot dead

A US citizen is one of two men killed in separate shootings between Friday night and Saturday morning.

Robert Saunders, 49, of No 8 Rustic Howell, New Jersey was shot dead while liming at Sandy Road, Petit Valley at about 12 am, on Saturday. Residents of Sandy Road, off Cameron Road, said they heard gunshots and found Saunders bleeding. Saunders, a fire sprinkler technician, was taken to St James Medical Complex where he died.

More than an hour earlier, 41-year-old Anton Drayton was killed in Arima.

Drayton, of Church Street North, Samaroo Village, was found by residents in a drain with gunshot wounds. He died at the scene. Police have no motive for the murders.