Two brothers gunned down in Belmont

Police are investigating the murders of two brothers in Belmont.

Police said Raymond Weekes, 47, and his brother Andy Weekes were standing on Davis Street, off Belmont Valley Road, at around 4.30 pm on Friday when they were approached by two gunmen, one dressed in camouflage and the other dressed in black.

The gunmen shot the Weekes brothers several times before running away.

Police from the Port of Spain Task Force were called in by nearby residents.

A district medical officer was called in and declared both men dead at 5.23 pm.

Speaking with Newsday, Ramona Weekes, their younger sister, said she was asleep when the shooting began and neighbours told her what had happened.

"When they told me what happened, I ran over to feel them and neither one of them was breathing.

"They are construction workers, they just came from work. They are two innocent people.

"I was just a few metres away.

"I was saying it's better my life they take than my two brothers."

She said neither of her brothers had complained of being threatened, and was unsure of the motive for their murders.

Weekes said her brothers had finished work for the day when they were killed. One was still wearing his rubber work boots.

Police from the Port of Spain Division helped guide crime scene investigators to the murder scene owing to how narrow the road was.

Curious residents peered out of their homes to watch police investigators process the crime scene.

One resident who asked not to be named told Newsday he was saddened by the murders of the men and frustrated over the spate of crime.

"I heard those shots those fellas fired.

"It come now that men can't even lime on the street now any more."

Police from the Homicide Bureau of Investigations Region I are continuing enquiries.