Murdered teen a casualty of ‘war’

“I warned him a lot to be careful,” said a relative who gathered with other family members at the Forensic Science Centre on Tuesday awaiting the autopsy results.

“You know how these youths are. There are certain places you cannot go, if you live in a certain area. Just walking across a road over an imaginary border line can get you killed. Youths out here should be more careful. You can’t live on Muslim side and go over on Rasta territory...

you would collect a bullet. Is war going on now,” said the relative, referring to the Muslim and Rasta gangs.

According to reports, gunshots rang out just before 8 pm at St Francois Valley Road in Belmont.

When residents checked they found Fortune on the road in a pool of blood.

He was rushed to Port-of-Spain General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Relatives said Fortune had just finished school at Carapichaima Secondary and had aspired to be a footballer. Relatives added that he was last seen alive at about 2 pm on Monday. He was described as a quiet individual. No motive has yet been established in this murder.