A Belmont taxi driver yesterday became the country’s latest murder victim. Police said Nicholas John was shot to death by a man who walked up behind him as he was playing a game of cricket with friends along Erthig Road, Belmont.
Police said around 3.30 pm, John, a father of one, was playing cricket when a car pulled up nearby. A man then got out, approached John from behind and shot him several times. John fell into a drain at the side of the road as the driver then calmly got back into the car, which sped off. Police did not have a motive for the killing up to last evening.
In an unrelated incident, a 23-year-old man is now warded at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, after he was shot by a patron at a bar on Lopinot Road, Arouca.
Police said around 2 am yesterday, the man, who is from Windy Hills, D’Abadie, entered the bar and announced a holdup. It is alleged that he then robbed the patrons and attempted to make an escape. However, one of the patrons, who is a licensed firearm holder, took out his firearm and shot him in the leg, police said. Investigators said a revolver was recovered at the scene but they assumed the firearm was empty.
Police officers said they had been looking at the suspect for quite some time, as he was a suspect in numerous shootings and robberies in the Arouca district. Arouca CID is continuing investigations.