Crime economist: End gun violence in Tobago
File photo: Anslem Richards
Crime economist Anslem Richards is calling on the Prime Minister, National Security Minister Stuart Young and Police Commissioner Gary Griffith to devise strategies to stop the gun violence in Tobago.
“We have to make sure we have the appropriate resources necessary to stop the development in Tobago,” he told Newsday on Wednesday. “We cannot leave this to fester any deeper in our society. It has to be treated as a priority for the law enforcement community.”
Richards was responding to Monday night’s shooting near Egypt Junction, Bethel, which claimed the life of Ryan Thornhill. Three other men were seriously injured and are being treated at the Scarborough General Hospital.
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Tuesday 16 February 2021
Residents of Bethel look on as police cordon off the scene after a multiple shooting on Monday night. - DAVID REID
Residents of Bethel, Tobago, gathered in shock on Monday night as messages echoed throughout the village of a shooting near Egypt Junction.
The shooting left one man dead and three others seriously injured at hospital.
Dead is Ryan Thornhill, 61, of Riseland, Bethel. He is Tobago’s first murder victim for 2021.
Police said around 8.05 pm on Monday, Thornhill; Deon Thomas, 22, of Mot Mot Avenue, Sou Sou Lands; Bobby Roberts, 25, of Beverly Hills, Bethel; and Enoch O’Brian, of 10 Caledonia Road, Mt St George, were at Main Street, Bethel, with a group of other people when a man with a gun emerged from some nearby bushes and started shooting in the direction of the gathering.