Unruly ISIS member killed

The victim has been identified as Jelani Martin, 24, a father of one was the nephew of Allan ‘Skanny’ Martin who himself was shot dead during the failed Port of Spain Prisons jail break last year. Police described him as killer and big player in the underworld .

According to police reports, at about 4 pm, Martin was outside the home of a relative of a well-known car dealer along Caroni Savannah Road in Chaguanas when he was spotted by members of the Central Operations Unit. Well-placed sources said Martin had gone to the house to collect tax (a form of payment businessmen make to criminals to forego being robbed and kidnapped) .

Reports are that on seeing the police, Martin attempted to jump over a fence but failed. He then turned and fired a shot at officers who returned fire, hitting him. Martin was rushed to the Chaguanas Health Centre where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police had to caution friends and relative who gathered outside the Health Centre, when they shouted threats and accused police of killing an innocent man .

Additional police officers and soldiers lined the street outside the Health Centre to ensure law an order .

Police said Martin was originally from Diego Martin but moved to Crown Trace in Enterprise .