Shot murder suspect dies at hospital

A SHOOTING incident in Mt D’Or on Tuesday, ended up being a murder when the victim who was taken to hospital suffering from gunshot wounds to his shoulder and leg, succumbed to his injuries and died on Thursday night.

St Joseph police who are investigating the murder of David Deveaux, 31, spent most of yesterday revisiting the shooting scene as the murder investigations picked up pace. An autopsy will be done on Deveaux’s body on Monday at the Forensic Sciences Centre. Deveaux, also called “Toby”, is the 40th person murdered for the year. According to police reports, around 10 am on Tuesday, Deveaux, of Spring Valley, Mt D’Or was liming on Mt D’Or Road with a group of men, when a man walked up to the group, pulled out a gun from his waist and opened fire. The limers scattered in different directions while Deveaux slumped to the ground as the gunman ran off.

Villagers took Deveaux, to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope, where he was treated and transferred to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital. A team of St Joseph police led by Ag Insp Michael Modeste and including Sgt Don Lezama, Cpl Aldwin Collins, PC Nirmal Ramjattan and PC Remy visited the scene, questioned several persons and carried out an unsuccessful search of the area for the gunman. When they went to the Port-of-Spaini General Hospital sometime later to record a statement from Deveaux, they were met by another man who had been brought to hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. However, officers later learned that this man was not involved in the Mt D’Or shooting, but in fact, was shot in Laventille. Around 8 pm on Thursday, Deveaux slipped into a coma and despite frantic efforts by doctors to revive him, he stopped breathing at 8.30 pm and was pronounced dead.