Se­nior po­lice, in­clud­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro, have con­firmed that the TTPS is pre­pared to tack­le any resur­gence in gang vi­o­lence in and around east Port-of-Spain. How­ev­er, res­i­dents in the com­mu­ni­ty are not re­as­sured by this, as they re­main in­doors out of fear of con­tin­ued blood­shed.

On Thurs­day morn­ing, 33-year-old Dwayne Si­mon was shot and killed dur­ing an at­tack at the Man­go Rose Hous­ing Com­plex in east Port-of-Spain.

Si­mon was re­port­ed­ly chased by his at­tack­ers up a flight of stairs at the build­ing be­fore they even­tu­al­ly caught up with him, killing him. Two oth­er men, in­clud­ing Si­mon’s un­cle, were wound­ed in the at­tack.