COPS PROBE 2 MORE MUDERS

TWO murders in separate incidents in south and central Trinidad have pushed the murder toll to 359. The victims, Cyrus Cooper, 30, of Lengua Road, Princes Town and Jameel “Bones” Boyce, 27, of School Lane, Enterprise in Chaguanas were both shot dead. The killings occurred on Friday night and midday yesterday.

According to police reports the first killing occurred at about 11.15 pm on Friday. Reports are that Cooper was driving his vehicle a short distance from his home when a grey Nissan Tiida car pulled alongside him. Two occupants alighted from the vehicle and started shooting at Cooper. As a result, Coopers’ vehicle veered off the roadway and crashed into a bushy area.

The gunmen got out of their car and fired several more shots into Cooper as he lay inside his crashed car. The killers then got back into their vehicle and drove off. Cooper was rushed to the Princes Town District Health Facility where he was pronounced dead on arrival, having been shot multiple times. When Sunday Newsday visited the family home, relatives were in a state of shock yesterday.

A relative told Newsday she believes Cooper’s killing was linked to the 2012 killing of his brother Marcus Cooper of Mandingo Road, Indian Walk who was shot dead on New Year’s night.