A DOUBLE MURDER TOOK PLACE AT ACKBAR ALI STREET-WEST MALABAR, ARIMA, IN THE SAME BUILDING THAT HOUSES THE MALABAR NORTH COUNCILLOR’S OFFICE.
• TWO (2) MEN WERE SHOT AND KILLED AND A THIRD INJURED DURING A SHOOTING INCIDENT AT AN APARTMENT AT ACKBAR ALI WEST, MALABAR, ARIMA, DURING THE EARLY HOURS ON MONDAY 20TH JUNE, 2022.
• THE DECEASED HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 35-YEAR-OLD JEROME FERNANDEZ AND 25-YEAR-OLD TARIQ RAYMOND. THE INJURED MAN IS 29-YEAR-OLD NIGEL DAVID GAFOOR.
• THE SHOOTING HAPPENED INSIDE A ROOM AT THE APARTMENT BUILDING AT LP#51 ACKBAR ALI WEST, WHERE FERNANDEZ, THE FATHER OF A GIRL, LIVED WITH A WOMAN, HIS MOTHER TOLD US.
• AROUND 3: AM SEVERAL MEN PRETENDING TO BE POLICE OFFICERS, ENTERED THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE APARTMENT AND FATALLY SHOT FERNANDEZ AND RAYMOND WHO WERE IN SEPARATE BEDROOMS.
• GAFOOR WAS SHOT BEHIND THE HEAD AND REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL.
• ACCORDING TO A SIGN ERECTED IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE, THE OFFICE OF THE COUNCILLOR FOR MALABAR, NORTH, IS LOCATED IN THE SAME BUILDING.
• CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS RECOVERED SEVERAL SPENT 5.56 AND 9MM SHELLS AT THE SCENE.
