Man in video of vicious attack dies, another shot dead

Thomas, 34, of Lackpat Road, El Dorado, was walking along Pentecostal Road at about 9.15 pm on Thursday when he was approached by two men, one of whom shot at him.

Police said Thomas tried to escape his assailants but fell in a drain at the side of the road.

One of the men jumped onto his head and chest, trampling on him repeatedly. Both men ran off after leaving Thomas motionless in the drain.

The incident was captured on CCTV cameras and the footage was viewed by members of the Tunapuna Police Station.

Thomas was hospitalised in critical condition after the attack.

A suspect was held yesterday at a house in Sea Lots.

Meanwhile, police are investigating the shooting death of a 30-year-old man in Petit Bourg early yesterday morning.

Police said Kerlon Dorset, 30, of Francis Avenue was liming with friends at Upper Irving Road Extension when, at about 2 am, he and three others decided to go home as it was raining.

Reports are that Dorset got into the back seat of car and it pulled off. However, a short while later, a gunman shot at the vehicle.

Dorset told his friends he had been shot and they took him to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he died.