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Five murders push toll to 40
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Police were up to late yesterday probing the deaths of five men in north and south Trinidad. Two of the victims were killed in one incident in Maracas, St Joseph. The dead men have been identified as Ronell Scotland, Russell Du Bois, Malcolm Richardson, Aaron Maynard and Jameil Scipio. Their deaths have pushed the murder toll to 40.
Three murders were recorded in North Trinidad on Tuesday night within three hours.
There was a double murder at Maracas St Joseph where one other was wounded and in Morvant, a man, 25, was killed.
2 San Fernando men gunned down
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Two separate shootings, one at a party in La Brea and the other at San Fernando, early on Wednesday, left two men dead and two others hospitalised.
Police identified the dead men as Jameil Scipio, 24, who lived at Roy Joseph Street, San Fernando, and Aaron Maynard, 23, of Cocoyea Village.
The first shooting happened at around 1 am at the housing development where Scipio lived. Residents heard gunshots and called the police. Police found him in the living room with multiple wounds.
Scipio was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH), where he later died.