A Maloney man was shot dead on Friday night during an incident which police officers said was linked to ongoing gang warfare in the area.
Dead is Addison St Louis from Building 10 in Maloney.
According to reports, around 8.30 pm, St Louis, 29, was with a group of friends at the carpark of Building 11 when a gunman walked up to him. He was shot in the head and chest.
Officers from the Maloney Police Station, who were on patrol at the time, rushed St Louis to the Arima Health Facility.
St Louis was pronounced dead on arrival.
The murder toll was listed as 353 for the year.
In an unrelated incident a 26-year-old Jevon Phillips is currently warded in critical condition in the hospital.
According to reports, around 6.45 pm on Friday, Phillips was playing cards with a group of men at Chanka Trace, El Socorro, when gunmen attacked.
Phillips was shot in the head.
He was rushed to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope and underwent emergency surgery to remove a bullet lodged in his skull.
Investigations are continuing into both shootings. (See more online)