Gunned down in robbery
Gyasi Gonzales gyasi.gonzales@trinidadexpress.com
Monday, March 8th 2010
A CARENAGE man was shot and killed on Saturday night when he challenged four bandits at the side of the upscale MovieTowne cineplex, in Port of Spain.
The victim, Lendore Taylor, 18, was shot dead around 9.45 p.m. at the Green Park, which separates the cineplex and the Courtyard-Marriott Hotel and BHP building.
According to police, Taylor, another one of his friends named Kwesi Fortune and two others were liming in the park when they were approached by four bandits.
The bandits demanded their wallets, cellular phones and jewelry. Taylor told the bandits that his gold chain was a fake but still they demanded it, police said.
During an argument over the chain, one of the bandits fired three shots at the group. Taylor was hit in his abdomen while Fortune was hit in one of his legs.
Taylor got up and ran a short distance while clutching his abdomen. He slowed down as he approached a small decorative bridge that leads to MovieTowne’s rear car park. As he held on to the bridge, one of the bandits walked up behind him and shot him again. This time in his back, police said. Taylor was killed instantly.
The killers escaped on foot and remained at large up to press time last night.
At the victim’s Baird Street, Carenage home, Joycelyn Sylvester, said her godson was not someone who looked for trouble.
’Bandits just distressing people now,’ she cried.
She said that one of the fondest memories she had of him was that on New Year’s Eve he accepted an invitation to attend church with her.
’I was so elated when I saw him there and I was saying to myself that I shoulda bring him into the church more. Now I regret not doing so,’ she cried.
Police were also called out last night to investigate another shooting incident at Duncan Street, Port of Spain. One man was critically injured and taken to hospital. The murder toll stood at 79 up to press time.
