A 55-year-old driver with the Amalgamated Security company was killed yesterday morning. According to police reports, Curtis Noel, of Mausica Road, D’Abadie, was shot once in the neck by a gunman who attacked him after he left a guest house in Arouca around 2 am.
Police said on leaving the establishment, Noel was confronted by the man and the two began fighting before Noel was shot. He was taken to the Arima Health Facility where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
In an unrelated incident, police said they were investigating what was clearly a hit on the life of Barrie Stott, 63, who was attacked while walking near Queen’s Hall, St Ann’s, yesterday.
Police said yesterday’s attack was the second attempt on the man’s life. The first was six weeks ago when gunmen opened fire on his car as he was leaving his St Ann’s home. Stott, who has dual citizenship in Canada, survived that attack without injury.
Yesterday around 6 am, police said gunmen again attacked, this time ensuring their target was hit. Police reports stated while walking with his wife near Queen’s Hall, a white car pulled up and a gunman approached Stott and shot him four times before escaping in the waiting vehicle.
Up to late yesterday Stott was still warded in a critical condition at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. Police said he is a business consultant and they have no clear motive yet as to why someone wanted him dead.