Tobago has had its sixth homicide to date as the police are investigating a report of a body being discovered in Bacolet, with a single gunshot wound to the head.

Newsday was told that police was called to the scene on September 15.

The deceased has been identified as 64-year-old Fanglin Zuo. Police reported that Zuo, who was last seen around 7 pm on September 13, lived at Bacolet on a compound occupied by two other people. It is reported that between 11.30 am and 12 noon they called out to him for lunch and got no response. A check on his dwellings, police said, revealed his door was open, which was unusual. While further checks were done inside and he was found in a slumped position with a wound to his head and what appeared to be blood splattered on a table and wall.