Shot dead in van

Crime

August 11, 2026

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A WOMAN was shot and killed in East Port of Spain yesterday morning when two bandits tried to drag her our of her vehicle.

According to police, 38-year-old Jameelia Lewis was in her black Isuzu D-Max parked off Achong Street, opposite the John John Towers when the incident occurred around 7 a.m.

Two men, police said, approached the parked vehicle which Lewis reportedly lived in, opened it from the passenger side and attempted to pull her out.

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