Man held for murder

The incident, which was recorded on closed-circuit television (CCTV), was uploaded to social media and has since gone viral. The suspect who is 20 and lives in the Beetham Estate, was arrested on Saturday morning at his home during a police exercise. He was handed over to detectives of the Homicide Investigations Bureau.

Police sources confirmed that after intense interrogation of the suspect, investigators now know the identity of the second suspect who was also captured in the video footage. A search is now underway for him.

Police say the victim Akino Thomas, 33, of Lackpat Road in El Dorado was killed over a drug deal which went sour.

In the CCTV footage, Thomas is seen running and then falling into a drain at the side of Pentecostal Road in El Dorado. A man runs after Thomas, firing shots at him. The gun appears to malfunction and while the gunman stand watching, another man enters the fray and begins to kick Thomas on his head even as he tries to scramble out of the drain.

As Thomas collapses, the man jumps on top of his chest and repeat this action until Thomas stops moving.

The two then run off.

Residents who heard the gunshots, later telephoned the Tunapuna police and an unconscious Thomas is taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope where he died on Saturday.