• The suspects involved in the deadly heist of a security van transporting cash outside Pennywise Plaza in La Romain on Monday 19th September, 2022, did not get a cent from the money they intended to steal.
• In fact, the bag which actually contained a large sum of money, was not taken from the vehicle and was under one of the officers who remains in critical condition at hospital.
• Police said the bags, the suspects were seen taking from the vehicle after they fired approximately 80 rounds of 5.56 and 11 rounds of 9mm ammunition into the officer’s vehicle, did not contain any cash.
• 17 packets containing cash collected from Pennywise was found inside the vehicle and was exactly the amount of money the officers had received from the business, cash-in-transit receipts have shown.
• Three suspects, two who were directly involved in the robbery and another, who is a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, were detained last night.
• The two suspects were found hiding in nearby bushes from where their four accomplices were killed in a house by police while the TTDF member was detained when he went to report his car being stolen from him at gunpoint earlier in the day.
• The men who were killed by police were all from the Fyzabad community and they are: Kyle Ramdhan and Keyon Ramdhan of Delhi Road Fyzabad, Greg Dodough of Dubarry Street Fyzabad and De Aundre Montrose of Easy Street Fyzabad.
• They were cornered at the bottom of a house by police officers and were shot and killed.
• The two security guards shot dead during a daring daylight heist as they left Pennywise Plaza in La Romain on Monday 19th September, 2022, are 51-year-old Jeffery Andy Peters of Laventille and 49-year-old Jerry Winston Stuart of London Street, Longdenville.
• Both deceased were employed with Allied Security Services located at the corner of Maraj Street and Longdenville Main Road.
• Another officer, identified as 57-year-old Peola Baptiste, was also shot by five (5) heavily armed bandits. She remains in critical condition at the Mt. Hope Hospital and is in need of o-positive blood.
• A security guard, identified as 47-year-old Allister Harris, who is employed with Phoenix Protective Services, was also shot and wounded by the suspects while on duty near the gate at the Pennywise Plaza.
• A 9-year-old boy was also shot and wounded during the shooting and taken to hospital for medical treatment.
