Freeport man ambushed, killed while leaving bar

A Freeport vendor was killed on Tuesday night while leaving a bar in St Mary's Freeport.

Adrian “Popcorn” Nyack, who had two addresses at Roy Clarke Trace, Calcutta Road No2, Freeport and in Edinburgh 500, Chaguanas, was ambushed and shot while walking towards his parked X-Trail around 10.15 pm on Tuesday

Two men shot him several times.

Escorted by officers Steward and Mohammed of the Emergency Response Police Unit (ERP), Nyack was taken to the Couva Health Facility, where he  was given emergency treatment.

He died around 11.29 pm.

Police said he was a known offender.

The year 2023 ended with some 575 murders and 2024 began with two killings on New Year's Day: Adunde “Stem” Telemaque, 41, of St Barb’s near Belmont, and Kareem Small of Tobago.

On Tuesday, a double murder rocked Point Cumana when mother and daughter Carmelita De Leon and Calida Schamber were shot dead.

A soldier is now in police custody for their murders.

A third woman, 19-year-old Teneisha Jackie, was shot dead in Woodbrook on Monday night.

On Wednesday morning, the naked body of a man identified as Kent Isaac was found outside his Big Yard, Carenage home.

Investigations are continuing into all seven murders.