Relatives of two men, who were killed in separate incidents, over the weekend remained confused yesterday as to why anyone would want them dead.
Speaking with the media yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, Sherita Lawrence said her son, Llewellyn Lawrence, went to drop off a “sou-sou hand” for a female friend just before he was killed.
The mother of four said her son frequented the Sea Lots area and was well liked by all.
She said her son might have been killed for “a little dog money” as he would have gone to drop off $5,350 for the woman as part of her earning in a sou-sou.
The car, her son was driving, which is owned by his sister, was found abandoned at Sunshine Avenue, Barataria.
The father of five was last seen alive by the woman’s daughter on Friday afternoon. Lawrence said her son, who lived with her at Erica Street, Laventille, was a technician at a supermarket in Port-of-Spain who had also been paid Friday.
According to police, officers of the Guard and Emergency Branch responded to a call that a body was seen floating in the river at Concession Drive, Sea Lots, around 4.35 pm Sunday.
Lawrence had been shot multiple times, his autopsy revealed.
In the second killing, a relative of Kenroy Thomas, who did not want to be identified, said the 23-year-old father of one must have been killed as a result of mistaken identity since he was not known to be involved in any criminal activity.
Thomas was shot dead while delivering LPG gas in east Port-of-Spain on Sunday.
“I can’t even tell you what he died for. It have me wondering whether it is rob they were planning to rob and they didn’t know who was the gas men.
“ If he and other persons had something personal because he spent two years in YTC (Youth Training Centre). To me when I sit down and look at it, it could only be a case of mistaken identity.
“They saw him on the truck and thought it was one of the persons they were warring with,” the man said.
He said he employed Thomas with him to work on the gas truck despite his past infractions with the law. The man described Thomas a respectful young man.
Thomas, he said, was a part time private for hire (PH) taxi driver and the father of one. The man said he heard a loud explosion and saw Thomas coming off the truck thinking he was trying to escape the gunshots.
According to police reports, two gunmen approached Thomas while working around 12.45 pm and opened fire.
The gunmen who took turns shooting with the same gun before they ran off.
Homicide detectives said they have no motive for both killings as they continued their investigations.