RESIDENTS OF PICTON ROAD EXTENSION IN SANGRE GRANDE ARE LIVING IN FEAR AS GUN VIOLENCE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY WITHIN 48 HOURS LEFT TWO MEN DEAD AND FOUR OTHERS NURSING GUNSHOT INJURIES, WITH ONE OF THE VICTIMS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE SANGRE GRANDE HOSPITAL.
• BOTH KILLINGS TOOK PLACE MERE DAYS APART AT PICTON STREET EXTENSION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN AN AREA KNOWN AS “THE KOKAR”
• AROUND 11PM ON FRIDAY 8TH JULY, 2022, FIVE (5) MEN WERE SHOT AND WOUNDED NEXT TO WASA’S PICTON STREET EXTENSION WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY.
• ONE OF THE VICTIMS, IDENTIFIED AS RONDELL JOSEPH DIED FROM HIS INJURIES AT THE SANGRE GRANDE DISTRICT HOSPITAL. ANOTHER OF THE VICTIMS, IDENTIFIED AS SAYAM THOMPSON, REMAINS LISTED IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. (VIDEO OF THE AREA)
JOHN DOE WAS SHOT & KILLED AT PICTON STREET EXTENSION IN SANGRE GRANDE ON SUNDAY 10TH JULY, 2022.
• A MAN, WHO HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN THE KOKAR AT PICTON STREET IN SANGRE GRANDE ON THE NIGHT OF SUNDAY 10TH JULY, 2022.
• AROUND 7:50PM, OFFICERS OF THE EASTERN DIVISION RESPONDED TO A REPORT ABOUT A BODY INSIDE A WOODEN HOUSE NEAR THE WASA WASTE TREATMENT PLANT AT PICTON STREET EXTENSION.
• UPON ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND A MAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT DEAD WITH GUNSHOT INJURIES TO THE HEAD ON A BED INSIDE THE 10 BY 10 WOODEN STRUCTURE.
• THERE WAS ALSO A PILLOW ON THE FLOOR WITH GUNSHOT HOLES AND BLOOD WHICH LED INVESTIGATORS TO BELIEVE THE SUSPECT PLACED THE PILLOW OVER THE VICTIM’S HEAD AND FIRED THE FATAL SHOTS IN ORDER TO MUZZLE THE GUNSHOTS.
• THIS IS THE SAME AREA WHERE ONE MAN WAS KILLED AND 4 OTHERS INJURED DURING A SHOOTING INCIDENT ON FRIDAY 8TH JULY, 2022
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