A 47-year-old man was shot to death early yesterday morning in Sangre Grande.
He has been identified as Leroy “Red Z” Bethelmy of El Carmen Road, Sangre Grande.
According to a police, at about 1.30 am officers assigned to the Sangre Grande Crime Patrol Unit were on patrol along Foster Road, Sangre Grande, when they observed the body of a man lying on the roadway.
When the officers stopped they saw the man bleeding. There was a single gunshot wound to the chest.
A team of officers from the Eastern Division and the Homicide Bureau visited the scene, including Inspector Lutchman, PC Mootilal, PC Ali and PC Seebaran.
Police said Bethelmy was known to them and added that he had been detained on approximately 45 different occasions for possession of narcotics.
Investigations are continuing.