Residents of east Port-of-Spain said the sound of gunshots startled them early yesterday morning shortly before they found the body of a 24-year-old man.
According to Duncan Street residents, the area has been “so quiet” that the gunshots scared them. The gunshots they heard claimed the life of Anderson Clarke, a mentally ill man of Rose Hill, Laventille. They said the man remained unidentified for close to two hours as he was not from the area.
Police reports stated the killing happened around 8.30 am.
While his body remained unidentified, residents were heard saying they were going to play three numbers in Play Whe, four for Dead Man, 36 for Donkey and 34 for Blind Man. The residents said the man must have been an idiot to come into the area when he did not live there.
“He hadda be blind. What he doing dey, if you not from the area,” one woman was heard saying while another man was overheard saying Clarke’s decision to venture into the hot spot area was not a wise one.
Police officers on the scene also queried why Clarke was in the area.
In an unrelated incident police are investigating the death of a 35-year-old man who was found with a piece of rope tied around his neck yesterday morning.
According to police, around 2,30 am Darshan Baliram, of Nolan Street, Felicity, was found on the floor of his garage barebacked with a rope around his neck.
Police said they believe the man was murdered but are not ruling out suicide. Baliram was found by his younger brother who returned home after a night out liming.