One person was killed and three injured in the shooting in Tobago

One man is dead while three others are injured after a shooting in Tobago last night.

The incident was reported near First Stop Min Mart on Chatham Street in Plymouth at around 9.45pm yesterday.

Police were told 42-year-old Darren Anthony Maynard was driving along the roadway when a white vehicle pulled up next to them.

The occupants of the car exited the car and retrieved a firearm.

Before the group could respond, the suspects opened fire, then got back in the car and drove away.

Police were notified and a team of officers from the Tobago Division and the Homicide Bureau, led by Insp Joefield, W-Sgt Quashie George, Cpl Oneil and others, responded.

Maynard and three others between the ages of 22 and 28 were bleeding from multiple wounds.

However, the 42-year-old man died before the arrival of health officials.

The other three men were all taken to Scarborough General Hospital. As of 9am today, their condition was said to be serious.

Several spent grenades were also recovered from the scene of the shooting by crime scene investigators.

PC Alleyne from the Homicide Bureau continues the investigation.

This is the ninth murder recorded in Tobago in 2024.

This incident comes just days after Nikeisha Sandy was shot dead in Plymouth along Arnos Vale Road.

Police were told the woman was walking along the roadway around 6 a.m. on May 9 when she was approached by two men.

They were seen talking to her before explosions were heard and Sandy collapsed to the ground. The suspects fled the scene. Sandy died at the scene.

No one has been arrested for her murder

The police have received reliable information that an ongoing gang war was raging in the territory of Plymouth.

Senior Chief Inspector Rodhill Kirk of the Tobago Division had earlier indicated that patrols would be increased in the area in an effort to limit criminal activity.

He had also urged the citizens of the island to cooperate with the police and provide any information they have about illegal activities in their communities so that the police could take action and hopefully seize criminals and their illegal weapons before they were used against the law. loyal citizens.

More on this as it becomes available.