Murder toll now 23: Two men gunned down in Enterprise, Chaguanas

ON THURSDAY evening, the country recorded two more murders after two men were shot dead in separate incidents in Enterprise, Chaguanas.

A senior police officer said the two were killed near  each other around 4.30 pm. One murder took place at Phyllis Lane, and the other  on Branch Trace.

The men have been identified as Avinash Gobin and Kino Wallace.

A senior Homicide Investigations Bureau police source said while the murders took place mere minutes apart, investigators were unsure whether the killings were related. No motive has been established for the murders and no arrests have been made.

The Enterprise murders brought the toll for the year to 23 – 14 fewer than the figure for the same period last year.

Of the 23 murders recorded thus far, three were double murders (two killings in one incident).

The country's first double murder of 2025 occurred on January 9 when a couple was killed at their home in Guatapajaro Road, off Caratal Road, Cumuto.

Kumari Baksh, 60, and her husband Nasheed Baksh, 67, were found dead in their home after relatives' calls went unanswered. Their house was ransacked and a T&TEC meter was stolen.

Senior police sources have said robbery was the motive.

There were then two double murders within 24 hours, from January 18-19, as four men were killed in Belmont and Matelot.

Steven Chuniesingh, 18, and Ian Jones Thomas, 53, were gunned down at Collins Road, Belmont on January 18 around 11.15 pm. Chuniesingh was found dead in the road, and Jones in the front passenger seat of a Ford Ranger van.

Police did not have a motive for their murders.

On January 19, brothers Akeil and Arnott Isaac were gunned down in Matelot.

Police said that at around 3.50 pm, Akeil, 26, and his brother, 16, left their home to pick mangoes with two other men at Santa Cruz Road when gunmen ambushed them.

Four people were shot and were taken to the Sangre Grande Hospital, where the brothers were pronounced dead on arrival.