Commissioner of Police, Erla Harewood-Christopher, has expressed deep sadness following reports that two police officers were involved in a deadly shooting in Chaguanas on Tuesday, in what appears to be a murder-suicide incident.
“Today (Tuesday), the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is plunged into mourning at the brutal shooting involving two of our own. While the investigation is in its early stages and we are piecing the details together, we are deeply saddened by this incident,” the Commissioner said this afternoon.
At 2:24 pm, officers from the Community Police department, Central Division, were on patrol in the Edinburgh 500, Chaguanas area when they were alerted by a resident that there was a shooting incident at the corner of Opal and Kestrel Boulevard.
The officers responded, along with officers of the Homicide Bureau, and when they arrived at the address they found bodies of a woman and a man lying in a corridor of the house. Both were unresponsive and appeared to bear gunshot wounds.
Information received at the scene confirmed that they are both police officers, Woman Police Constable (WPC) Josette Marshall attached to the Police Administration Building, and her male companion, acting Corporal Dwight Skeete, attached to the Court and Process department, both located in Port of Spain.
No motive has been identified for the incident.
Officers attached to the Homicide Bureau are continuing investigations.