A murder suspect yesterday jumped from the 11th floor of the homicide detective's office at Riverside Plaza in Port-of-Spain in an attempt to escape police custody.
According to reports, around 4.15 pm while being interviewed by homicide detectives, murder suspect Roger Holder jumped out of the window. Holder landed on the roof of a Chevrolet Aveo which was parked outside Riverside Plaza.
Miraculously, he survived.
Holder was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he is currently warded in a critical condition.
An investigation is ongoing into the incident.
Santa Cruz man gunned down
Homicide detectives are also investigating the shooting death of a 31-year-old man in Santa Cruz on Friday night. Dead is Arnold Dickson.
According to reports, residents of Moraldo Trace, Santa Cruz, heard several loud explosions around 11 pm on Friday.
Dickson was found lying in a pool of blood along the roadway.
The police were contacted and Dickson was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries while undergoing treatment.
Cops probe two shootings in Diego Martin
Police are investigating two separate shooting incidents in Diego Martin on Friday night.
The two victims survived the shootings.
In the first incident, Salim Ramirez, 25, was shot on Richplain Road, Diego Martin, around 9 pm.
According to reports, Ramirez was liming at a home along Richplain Road, when he was approached by a masked man.
The man shot him in the chest. The gunman then fled the scene on foot.
Ramirez was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he was treated.
Around 10 pm, the second shooting incident occurred.
Josh Toussaint, 29, was liming with friends along the Blue Basin Road when gunshots were heard.
Toussaint felt a burning sensation and realised he had been shot in his knee.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was treated.
He was said to be in a stable condition up to late yesterday.