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De­spite the on­go­ing state of emer­gency, which has con­tributed to a de­cline in mur­ders, gun vi­o­lence claimed three lives in south Trinidad.

Homi­cide de­tec­tives were kept busy be­tween Fri­day af­ter­noon and yes­ter­day morn­ing as Josi­ah Phillip, Mar­vin Hamil­ton, and Stephen Vial­va were all fa­tal­ly shot in sep­a­rate in­ci­dents.

Phillip, 27 of Gon­za­les Vil­lage, Guapo, died at Point Fortin Hos­pi­tal af­ter be­ing shot near his home along Sal­ick Trace.