Air Guardsman shot dead in Belmont 

Police are investigating the murder of an Air Guard officer who was shot at the home of a close female friend on Thursday.

Sources say at about 11.45 pm Osei Morean was on the front porch of the house, at Pitman Lane, Belmont, when gunshots were heard.

The woman ran inside for cover and when she returned she found he had been shot.

He was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Police sources say the murder toll for the year to date is now 300.